Ofsted Reports: Find and Understand a State School’s Inspection
Look up any state school in England, read its official Ofsted report, and understand what the grades and the new report cards actually mean. We hold a direct report link for 21,919 state schools, with our own FMS Inspection Score alongside each one.
Every school profile links straight to its official report on Ofsted's website.
Browse state schools by inspection band
Browse every state school in England by its FMS Inspection Score band. This is the band our search filters on, derived from the content of official Ofsted inspection reports.
The strongest inspection outcomes, scoring 9.0 and above.
Browse Elite schoolsConsistently high inspection outcomes, scoring 7.5 to 8.9.
Browse Excellent schoolsSolid, secure inspection outcomes, scoring 6.5 to 7.4.
Browse Good schoolsMixed outcomes with clear areas to improve, scoring 4.0 to 6.4.
Browse Developing schoolsThe weakest outcomes, below 4.0, often with significant concerns.
Browse Rebuilding schoolsThe FMS Inspection Score is FindMySchool's own 1–10 measure. It is a separate metric from the official Ofsted judgements shown below. See how we calculate it.
Ofsted judgements by area
Ofsted grades each area of a school's work on its own four-point scale (Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement, Inadequate). Since September 2024 a graded inspection no longer ends in a single overall word, so these area judgements, not an overall grade, are how state schools are reported.
| Area of judgement | Outstanding | Good | Requires Improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of Education | 2,610 | 17,401 | 1,607 | 179 |
| Behaviour & Attitudes | 4,915 | 16,058 | 701 | 123 |
| Personal Development | 4,911 | 16,301 | 507 | 55 |
| Leadership & Management | 3,257 | 17,118 | 1,203 | 219 |
Counts cover graded state-school inspections in England. An official Ofsted judgement and an FMS band are not interchangeable: our band is a 1–10 score derived from the detail of the inspection report, so an Outstanding area is not automatically FMS Elite.
Recently published Ofsted reports
A spread of recently published state-school inspections from across England. Open the FindMySchool profile for our full analysis, or jump straight to the official Ofsted report.
Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks
St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Rochester
Looking for a specific school? Use the search box above, or browse schools by area.
Ofsted report cards and the new framework (2025)
In 2024 Ofsted scrapped the single overall grade. From autumn 2025, schools that are re-inspected receive a report card instead. Rather than one word for the whole school, each area of a school's work is graded on a five-point scale:
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding is reported separately as met or not met, rather than folded into an overall judgement. The aim is to give parents a fuller, more honest picture than a single label could.
Importantly, the older single-word grades (Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement, Inadequate) remain valid and visible until a school is actually re-inspected under the new framework. Most schools on this site still carry a legacy grade, and we show it as exactly that, never as a current report card.
What Ofsted grades and ratings mean
Under the legacy framework, a graded inspection judged four areas, each on the Outstanding–Good–Requires Improvement–Inadequate scale:
- Quality of education: the curriculum, teaching and how well pupils learn and achieve.
- Behaviour and attitudes: conduct, attendance and the school's culture.
- Personal development: how the school builds character, resilience and wider opportunities.
- Leadership and management: how well leaders and governors run the school.
Requires Improvement means a school is not yet good and will usually be re-inspected sooner. Inadequate covers schools with serious weaknesses or those placed in special measures. When you read a report, look beyond the headline at the inspection date, the direction of travel, and what inspectors actually wrote about your child's phase or needs.
Ofsted rating vs our FMS Inspection Score
Official Ofsted rating
The judgement Ofsted published directly for a state school. We always label it as the official rating and link to the real report on Ofsted's website so you can read it in full.
FMS Inspection Score
FindMySchool's own 1–10 measure, derived from the content of official Ofsted inspection reports and grouped into five bands. It puts every state school on one consistent scale. It is an independent analysis, not endorsed by Ofsted. How we calculate it.
Both are shown at equal billing on every school profile. As Ofsted's report cards roll out per re-inspection, the FMS score gives you a stable point of comparison across schools inspected under different frameworks.
Ofsted reports: frequently asked questions
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Find the right school, not just the rating
Search every school in England, compare inspection outcomes alongside results and intake, and read the official report in full.