Best Schools in North West

Ranked list of towns in North West by % top-two school inspection bands. Data is sourced from official public datasets and updated regularly.

Among 219 towns, the share of schools in the top two inspection bands ranged from 100.0% in Shavington down to 0.0% in Earby. The median was 100.0%.

🥇 Top of the list

Warrington

% Top-Two School Inspection Bands: 100.0%

🥈 Second place

Barrow-in-Furness

% Top-Two School Inspection Bands: 100.0%

🥉 Third place

Carlisle

% Top-Two School Inspection Bands: 100.0%

The percentage uses schools with a recorded inspection outcome (rated). “All schools” matches the area page total. When scores tie, more rated schools rank higher than a lone 100%.


1 (top 3)	Warrington	64	56	56	100.0%
2 (top 3)	Barrow-in-Furness	27	21	21	100.0%
3 (top 3)	Carlisle	25	19	19	100.0%
4	Widnes	20	19	19	100.0%
5	Sale	21	17	17	100.0%
6	Ashton-under-Lyne	19	16	16	100.0%
7	Huyton with Roby	21	15	15	100.0%
8	Middleton (Rochdale)	16	14	14	100.0%
9	Fulwood	17	12	12	100.0%
10	Altrincham	16	12	12	100.0%
11	Leigh (Wigan)	16	11	11	100.0%
12	Whitehaven	13	10	10	100.0%
13	Nelson (Pendle)	12	10	10	100.0%
14	Lytham St Anne's	11	10	10	100.0%
15	Stretford	11	10	10	100.0%
16	Cheadle Hulme	12	10	10	100.0%
17	Formby	9	9	9	100.0%
18	Atherton	11	9	9	100.0%
19	Swinton (Salford)	10	9	9	100.0%
20	Droylsden	9	9	9	100.0%
21	Golborne	11	9	9	100.0%
22	Heswall	9	9	9	100.0%
23	Radcliffe	9	8	8	100.0%
24	Hindley	9	8	8	100.0%
25	Winsford	11	8	8	100.0%
26	Kendal	9	7	7	100.0%
27	Shaw (Oldham)	9	7	7	100.0%
28	Maghull	9	7	7	100.0%
29	Failsworth	7	7	7	100.0%
30	Bramhall	7	7	7	100.0%
31	Nantwich	9	7	7	100.0%
32	Maryport	7	6	6	100.0%
33	Penrith	6	6	6	100.0%
34	Ulverston	6	6	6	100.0%
35	Oswaldtwistle	7	6	6	100.0%
36	Haslingden	7	6	6	100.0%
37	Burscough	6	6	6	100.0%
38	Horwich	7	6	6	100.0%
39	Little Lever	6	6	6	100.0%
40	Mossley	6	6	6	100.0%
41	Walkden	9	6	6	100.0%
42	Alsager	6	6	6	100.0%
43	Heysham	5	5	5	100.0%
44	Thornton (Wyre)	6	5	5	100.0%
45	Clitheroe	7	5	5	100.0%
46	Great Harwood	5	5	5	100.0%
47	Ormskirk	9	5	5	100.0%
48	Kearsley	5	5	5	100.0%
49	Litherland	5	5	5	100.0%
50	West Kirby	7	5	5	100.0%
51	Wilmslow	7	5	5	100.0%
52	Knutsford	5	5	5	100.0%
53	Hartford	5	5	5	100.0%
54	Davenham	5	5	5	100.0%
55	Wigton	4	4	4	100.0%
56	Egremont	4	4	4	100.0%
57	Carnforth	4	4	4	100.0%
58	Euxton	5	4	4	100.0%
59	Whitworth	5	4	4	100.0%
60	Littleborough	4	4	4	100.0%
61	Coppull	4	4	4	100.0%
62	Adlington (Chorley)	4	4	4	100.0%
63	Milnrow	4	4	4	100.0%
64	Lees	6	4	4	100.0%
65	Lydiate	4	4	4	100.0%
66	Pendlebury and Clifton	4	4	4	100.0%
67	Tyldesley	4	4	4	100.0%
68	Rainford	4	4	4	100.0%
69	Old Trafford	6	4	4	100.0%
70	Culcheth	4	4	4	100.0%
71	Bredbury and Woodley	4	4	4	100.0%
72	Greasby	4	4	4	100.0%
73	Lymm	5	4	4	100.0%
74	Bowdon	4	4	4	100.0%
75	Hale (Trafford)	4	4	4	100.0%
76	Neston (Cheshire West and Chester)	5	4	4	100.0%
77	Weaverham	4	4	4	100.0%
78	Dalton-in-Furness	5	3	3	100.0%
79	Barrowford	3	3	3	100.0%
80	Brierfield	4	3	3	100.0%
81	Rishton	4	3	3	100.0%
82	Longton	5	3	3	100.0%
83	Standish	4	3	3	100.0%
84	Shevington	3	3	3	100.0%
85	Aspull	3	3	3	100.0%
86	Ince-in-Makerfield	4	3	3	100.0%
87	Platt Bridge and Abram	4	3	3	100.0%
88	Worsley	3	3	3	100.0%
89	Haydock	5	3	3	100.0%
90	Hattersley	3	3	3	100.0%
91	Marple Bridge	3	3	3	100.0%
92	Marple	3	3	3	100.0%
93	Cheadle (Stockport)	3	3	3	100.0%
94	Frodsham	4	3	3	100.0%
95	Bollington	3	3	3	100.0%
96	Helsby	3	3	3	100.0%
97	Northwich	4	3	3	100.0%
98	Middlewich	4	3	3	100.0%
99	Cockermouth	3	2	2	100.0%
100	Keswick	2	2	2	100.0%
101	Appleby-in-Westmorland	2	2	2	100.0%
102	Askam in Furness	2	2	2	100.0%
103	Bolton-le-Sands	2	2	2	100.0%
104	Garstang	2	2	2	100.0%
105	Cleveleys	2	2	2	100.0%
106	Carleton	2	2	2	100.0%
107	Clayton-le-Moors	3	2	2	100.0%
108	Freckleton	2	2	2	100.0%
109	Church	3	2	2	100.0%
110	Warton (Fylde)	2	2	2	100.0%
111	Banks	2	2	2	100.0%
112	Eccleston	2	2	2	100.0%
113	Blackrod	2	2	2	100.0%
114	Appley Bridge	2	2	2	100.0%
115	Astley	3	2	2	100.0%
116	Burtonwood	2	2	2	100.0%
117	Handforth	2	2	2	100.0%
118	Holmes Chapel	3	2	2	100.0%
119	Tarporley	2	2	2	100.0%
120	Haslington	2	2	2	100.0%
121	Cleator Moor	2	1	1	100.0%
122	Grange-over-Sands	1	1	1	100.0%
123	Cottam (Preston)	2	1	1	100.0%
124	Whittle-le-Woods	1	1	1	100.0%
125	Aintree	2	1	1	100.0%
126	Meols	1	1	1	100.0%
127	Hoylake	1	1	1	100.0%
128	Disley	1	1	1	100.0%
129	Elton (Cheshire West and Chester)	1	1	1	100.0%
130	Barnton	1	1	1	100.0%
131	Rudheath	2	1	1	100.0%
132	Cuddington (Cheshire West and Chester)	2	1	1	100.0%
133	Elworth	2	1	1	100.0%
134	Willaston (Cheshire East)	1	1	1	100.0%
135	Shavington	1	1	1	100.0%
136	Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen)	52	43	42	97.7%
137	Bolton (Bolton)	72	57	55	96.5%
138	Bebington	23	22	21	95.5%
139	Southport	24	21	20	95.2%
140	Wigan	27	20	19	95.0%
141	Chorley	18	17	16	94.1%
142	Crewe	23	16	15	93.8%
143	Crosby (Sefton)	17	15	14	93.3%
144	Macclesfield	17	14	13	92.9%
145	Chadderton	14	13	12	92.3%
146	Eccles (Salford)	15	13	12	92.3%
147	Stalybridge	13	12	11	91.7%
148	Wythenshawe	28	22	20	90.9%
149	Penwortham	11	11	10	90.9%
150	Heywood	12	11	10	90.9%
151	Farnworth	14	11	10	90.9%
152	Ashton-in-Makerfield	11	11	10	90.9%
153	Salford	32	30	27	90.0%
154	Bamber Bridge	16	10	9	90.0%
155	St Helens (St. Helens)	35	28	25	89.3%
156	Preston (Preston)	34	27	24	88.9%
157	Ellesmere Port	23	18	16	88.9%
158	Darwen	13	9	8	88.9%
159	Prestwich	11	9	8	88.9%
160	Liverpool	155	124	110	88.7%
161	Manchester	146	120	106	88.3%
162	Blackpool	38	33	29	87.9%
163	Rochdale	38	33	29	87.9%
164	Westhoughton	8	8	7	87.5%
165	Orrell	9	8	7	87.5%
166	Leyland	18	15	13	86.7%
167	Lancaster	17	14	12	85.7%
168	Prescot	16	13	11	84.6%
169	Bury (Bury)	34	32	27	84.4%
170	Bootle (Sefton)	20	18	15	83.3%
171	Skelmersdale	18	12	10	83.3%
172	Fleetwood	9	6	5	83.3%
173	Bacup	6	6	5	83.3%
174	Hazel Grove	7	6	5	83.3%
175	Poynton	6	6	5	83.3%
176	Sandbach	6	6	5	83.3%
177	Burnley	27	23	19	82.6%
178	Morecambe	11	11	9	81.8%
179	Kirkby	15	11	9	81.8%
180	Denton (Tameside)	12	11	9	81.8%
181	Urmston	16	16	13	81.2%
182	Stockport	38	36	29	80.6%
183	Whitefield	11	10	8	80.0%
184	Hyde (Tameside)	12	10	8	80.0%
185	Barnoldswick	5	5	4	80.0%
186	Oldham	43	32	25	78.1%
187	Workington	13	9	7	77.8%
188	Royton	11	9	7	77.8%
189	Wallasey	25	20	15	75.0%
190	Colne	10	8	6	75.0%
191	Little Hulton	11	8	6	75.0%
192	Dukinfield	8	8	6	75.0%
193	Irlam	9	8	6	75.0%
194	Windermere	4	4	3	75.0%
195	Poulton-le-Fylde	6	4	3	75.0%
196	Kirkham	4	4	3	75.0%
197	Tarleton and Hesketh Bank	4	4	3	75.0%
198	Uppermill	7	4	3	75.0%
199	Audenshaw	4	4	3	75.0%
200	Romiley	5	4	3	75.0%
201	Runcorn	33	22	16	72.7%
202	Birkenhead	38	29	21	72.4%
203	Accrington	14	10	7	70.0%
204	Rawtenstall	13	10	7	70.0%
205	Preesall and Knott End-on-Sea	3	3	2	66.7%
206	Billinge	3	3	2	66.7%
207	Partington	4	3	2	66.7%
208	Gatley	3	3	2	66.7%
209	Longridge (Ribble Valley)	5	5	3	60.0%
210	Ramsbottom	8	5	3	60.0%
211	Reddish	8	7	4	57.1%
212	Congleton	10	7	4	57.1%
213	Millom	4	4	2	50.0%
214	Padiham	5	4	2	50.0%
215	Newton-le-Willows	8	4	2	50.0%
216	Seaton (Cumberland)	2	2	1	50.0%
217	Wesham	2	2	1	50.0%
218	High Lane	2	2	1	50.0%
219	Earby	1	1	0	0.0%