# Ofsted Ratings & Report Cards (Schools + Early Years) (`onibaku/uk-ofsted-ratings`) Actor

Latest Ofsted inspection results for every state-funded school and early years provider in England: new 2025 report card grades, overall effectiveness, inspection dates. Filter by postcode, council, region, phase or rating.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/onibaku/uk-ofsted-ratings.md
- **Developed by:** [Onibaku](https://apify.com/onibaku) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 school or provider returneds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Ofsted Ratings & Report Cards (Schools + Early Years)

Get the latest Ofsted inspection results for **every state-funded school in England (about 22,000)** and **every
registered early years provider (about 60,000 nurseries, pre-schools and childminders)** as one flat table.

Schools include the **new report card grades** Ofsted has used since November 2025 (Inclusion, Curriculum and
teaching, Achievement, Attendance and behaviour, Personal development and wellbeing, Leadership and governance,
Early years, Post-16, plus Safeguarding met / not met), *and* the last graded judgement under the old framework
(Outstanding / Good / Requires improvement / Inadequate), *and* the latest ungraded inspection outcome. Most other
tools only show one of the three.

The actor always reads the newest management-information files Ofsted publishes on GOV.UK, so you never get a stale
copy.

[![Watch the 20-second overview](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q2wxB3TFFj0/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2wxB3TFFj0)

### What it's for

- **Property and relocation:** schools near a postcode with their latest grades, for listings, area guides and
  relocation reports.
- **EdTech and education suppliers:** lead lists of schools by phase, size, trust, region or inspection outcome,
  for example schools whose report card says "Needs attention" in achievement.
- **Multi-academy trusts and local authorities:** monitor every school in a trust or council in one table.
- **Nursery groups and early years suppliers:** every childcare provider in an area with places and rating.
- **Journalism and research:** report card outcomes since November 2025, broken down by region or phase.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `providerTypes` | `schools`, `earlyYears`, or both. Default: schools. |
| `nameContains` | Part of the name. |
| `urns` | Look up specific Ofsted URNs (numbers for schools, `EY…` or numbers for early years). |
| `postcodePrefixes` | `LS` (all of Leeds), `M20`, `SW1A`. `LS1` won't match `LS11`. |
| `localAuthorities` | Council names, e.g. `Manchester`, `Kent`, `Tower Hamlets`. |
| `regions` | The nine English regions. |
| `phases` | School phase (`Primary`, `Secondary`, `Special`, `Nursery`, `Alternative provision`) or school/provider type (`Academy Sponsor Led`, `Childminder`, `Childcare on non-domestic premises`). |
| `overallEffectiveness` | Last graded judgement: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate, Not judged, or No graded inspection. |
| `reportCardConcernsOnly` | Only schools with any report card area at "Needs attention" or "Urgent improvement". |
| `inspectedSince` | Latest inspection on or after this date. |
| `maxResults` | Stop after this many (default 1,000). |

**Every school and nursery in Manchester M20:**

```json
{
    "providerTypes": ["schools", "earlyYears"],
    "postcodePrefixes": ["M20"]
}
```

**Secondary schools in London with a report card concern:**

```json
{
    "regions": ["London"],
    "phases": ["Secondary"],
    "reportCardConcernsOnly": true
}
```

### Output

A school with a report card:

```json
{
    "providerType": "School",
    "urn": "141196",
    "name": "Levenshulme High School",
    "phase": "Secondary",
    "type": "Academy Sponsor Led",
    "postcode": "M19 1FS",
    "localAuthority": "Manchester",
    "region": "North West",
    "parliamentaryConstituency": "Gorton and Denton",
    "pupilsOrPlaces": 1057,
    "trust": "GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST",
    "latestInspectionDate": "2026-06-30",
    "reportCardInspectionDate": "2026-06-30",
    "reportCardPublished": "2026-09-22",
    "safeguarding": "Met",
    "inclusion": "Strong standard",
    "curriculumAndTeaching": "Expected standard",
    "achievement": "Strong standard",
    "attendanceAndBehaviour": "Strong standard",
    "personalDevelopmentAndWellbeing": "Expected standard",
    "earlyYears": "Not applicable",
    "post16": "Not applicable",
    "leadershipAndGovernance": "Strong standard",
    "reportCardHasConcern": false,
    "overallEffectiveness": null,
    "ungradedInspectionDate": "2022-06-09",
    "ungradedOutcome": "School remains Outstanding",
    "categoryOfConcern": null,
    "reportUrl": "https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/141196",
    "dataAsAt": "2026-09-29",
    "source": "Ofsted management information, Open Government Licence v3.0"
}
```

An early years provider has the same columns, with `address`, `town`, `pupilsOrPlaces` (registered places),
`registeredOn`, `overallEffectiveness` and the four key judgements filled in, and the report card columns empty.

### Pricing

**$0.003 per school or provider returned, plus $0.005 per run.** 1,000 rows cost $3.005.

### Good to know

- **Report cards vs grades.** Schools inspected since November 2025 get report card grades (Exceptional, Strong
  standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) instead of a single overall grade. Schools not yet
  inspected under the new framework show their last graded judgement and/or their last ungraded inspection.
- **Pre-2019 grades.** Ofsted's current files leave the graded columns empty for schools whose last graded
  inspection was before September 2019; for those you'll usually see an ungraded outcome such as "School remains
  Good".
- **Childminders' names and addresses** are redacted by Ofsted and come back as `null`.
- **Update frequency.** Ofsted publishes school files monthly and early years files twice a year; `dataAsAt` shows
  which one you got.
- **England only.** Independent schools, further education and children's social care are not included yet.

### Use it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor (MCP)

AI assistants can call this actor as a tool through Apify's MCP server. Add this server URL to your MCP client and
sign in with your Apify account when prompted:

```
https://mcp.apify.com?tools=onibaku/uk-ofsted-ratings
```

### Data source and licence

Ofsted's [state-funded school inspections and outcomes](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/monthly-management-information-ofsteds-school-inspections-outcomes)
and [childcare providers and inspections](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/childcare-providers-and-inspections-management-information)
management information, under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/).

### More UK public data actors from Onibaku

- [UK Planning Constraints Checker](https://apify.com/onibaku/uk-planning-constraints)
- [UK Food Hygiene Ratings (FSA) Search](https://apify.com/onibaku/uk-food-hygiene-ratings)
- [Charity Commission Register Search](https://apify.com/onibaku/uk-charity-register)

Questions or feature requests? Open an issue on the actor's Issues tab or email admin@onibaku.co.uk.

# Actor input Schema

## `providerTypes` (type: `array`):

Schools (state-funded, England) and/or early years (nurseries, pre-schools, childminders).

## `nameContains` (type: `string`):

Part of the name. Case and punctuation are ignored.

## `urns` (type: `array`):

Look up specific Ofsted unique reference numbers.

## `postcodePrefixes` (type: `array`):

E.g. "LS" (all of Leeds), "M20" or "SW1A".

## `localAuthorities` (type: `array`):

E.g. "Manchester", "Kent", "Tower Hamlets".

## `regions` (type: `array`):

Only these English regions.

## `phases` (type: `array`):

E.g. "Primary", "Secondary", "Special", "Childminder", "Childcare on non-domestic premises".

## `overallEffectiveness` (type: `array`):

The last graded judgement. Schools inspected since November 2025 get report cards instead (see below).

## `reportCardConcernsOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Any report card area graded "Needs attention" or "Urgent improvement".

## `inspectedSince` (type: `string`):

Date of the latest inspection (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many results.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "providerTypes": [
    "schools"
  ],
  "postcodePrefixes": [
    "M20"
  ],
  "reportCardConcernsOnly": false,
  "maxResults": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "postcodePrefixes": [
        "M20"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("onibaku/uk-ofsted-ratings").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "postcodePrefixes": ["M20"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("onibaku/uk-ofsted-ratings").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "postcodePrefixes": [
    "M20"
  ]
}' |
apify call onibaku/uk-ofsted-ratings --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,onibaku/uk-ofsted-ratings"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/mupc2kAGsE2Z2rl5p/builds/I9ax7y4ay3OzTG7rR/openapi.json