The assessments show an improvement on last year with twice the number of authorities receiving the highest rating, including Barnet and North Tyneside. Birmingham and Doncaster are among the eight per cent of councils to be performing poorly.
The outcomes of six councils' assessments are yet to be published as Ofsted is due to undertake further inspections.
Ofsted chief inspector, Christine Gilbert, said: "It is very pleasing to see the increase in the number of local authorities that are providing excellent services overall. In these very best authorities children and young people generally receive a consistently high level of support from the time they start in nurseries or childcare, through school and as they enter further education, training or employment. It is also the case that these authorities are well organised to keep children safe from harm — in particular, those children who are most at risk.
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