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Methodology: pre-release, fostering-pre.2

The pre-release pool holds 147 services; we score and rank 131 of them below on the Findability Score. We hold the remaining 16 as honest data gaps and show them after the ranked rows, and we still display the dimensions we could measure.

Read the methodologyLatest run 1 September 2026.

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Rank	Service	Type	Hub	Findability Score	Dimension detail
1	Salford City Council	Authority	Foster for Greater Manchester	75.4	See what’s driving each score The 4 measured dimensions behind every score, citation, local search, crawl and schema, are one email away. Get the dimension detail
2	Devon	Authority	Fostering South West	75.3
3	Ealing	Authority	Foster with West London	73.9
4	Bristol	Authority	Fostering South West	73
5	Buckinghamshire Council	Authority		72.3
6	Swindon Borough Council	Authority	Fostering South West	71.9
7	Shropshire Council	Authority		71.5
8	Sandwell Council	Authority		71.4
9	Cheshire East	Authority	Foster4	71
9	Redcar & Cleveland	Authority	Foster with North East	71
11	North East Lincolnshire Council	Authority		70.1
12	West Sussex County Council	Authority		70
13	Dudley Council	Authority		69.8
14	Birmingham City Council	Authority		69.5
15	East Sussex County Council	Authority		67.4
16	Reading	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	67.3
17	Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council	Authority		65.2
18	Oxfordshire	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	65
18	Wokingham	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	65
20	Bradford	Authority	Foster 4 Your Council	64.1
21	Torbay	Authority	Fostering South West	64
22	Bury	Authority	Foster for Greater Manchester	63.7
23	Dorset	Authority	Fostering South West	63.5
24	North Somerset	Authority	Fostering South West	63.2
24	Northumberland	Authority	Foster with North East	63.2
24	Surrey	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	63.2
27	East Riding of Yorkshire	Authority	Foster 4 Your Council	63.1
27	Herefordshire Council	Authority		63.1
29	Liverpool	Authority	Foster4	62.7
30	Knowsley	Authority	Foster4	62.5
31	Darlington	Authority	Foster with North East	62.1
32	Blackpool	Authority	Foster With Us	61.9
32	Waltham Forest	Authority	Local Community Fostering	61.9
34	Derby City Council	Authority	Foster for East Midlands	61.7
34	Lancashire	Authority	Foster With Us	61.7
36	Cornwall	Authority	Fostering South West	61.6
37	Rutland County Council	Authority		61.3
38	Cheshire West and Chester	Authority	Foster4	61
39	Leicester City Council	Authority		60.9
40	St Helens	Authority	Foster4	60.8
40	Suffolk County Council	Authority	Foster East	60.8
42	Milton Keynes	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	60.7
43	Cambridgeshire County Council	Authority	Foster East	60.6
44	Redbridge	Authority	Local Community Fostering	60.5
45	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	Authority	Fostering South West	60.3
45	Walsall Council	Authority		60.3
47	Sheffield City Council	Authority		60
48	Thurrock Council	Authority	Foster East	59.9
49	Portsmouth	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	59.8
50	Derbyshire	Authority	Foster for East Midlands	59.7
50	Kingston upon Hull	Authority	Foster 4 Your Council	59.7
52	Westmorland and Furness	Authority	Foster With Us	59.6
53	Peterborough City Council	Authority	Foster East	59.5
54	Bracknell Forest	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	59.3
54	Somerset	Authority	Fostering South West	59.3
56	Leeds	Authority	Foster 4 Your Council	59
56	Windsor & Maidenhead	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	59
58	Blackburn with Darwen	Authority	Foster With Us	58.9
59	Kirklees	Authority	Foster 4 Your Council	58.8
60	North Yorkshire	Authority	Foster 4 Your Council	58.7
61	Essex County Council	Authority	Foster East	58.6
62	Sefton	Authority	Foster4	58.5
62	Tameside	Authority	Foster for Greater Manchester	58.5
64	Wirral	Authority	Foster4	58.3
65	Cumberland	Authority	Foster With Us	57.9
66	London Borough of Barking and Dagenham	Authority	Local Community Fostering	57.7
67	Newcastle upon Tyne	Authority	Foster with North East	57.6
68	Bedford Borough Council	Authority	Foster East	57.2
69	Tower Hamlets	Authority	Local Community Fostering	57.1
70	County Durham	Authority	Foster with North East	56.9
71	Richmond upon Thames	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	56.5
72	Calderdale	Authority	Foster 4 Your Council	56.3
73	Slough Borough Council	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	56.1
74	Hertfordshire County Council	Authority	Foster East	56
75	Stockport Council	Authority	Foster for Greater Manchester	55.9
76	Bath and North East Somerset	Authority	Fostering South West	55.7
76	City of York Council	Authority	Foster 4 Your Council	55.7
78	Coventry City Council	Authority		55.6
78	Kensington & Chelsea	Authority	Foster with West London	55.6
80	Southampton	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	55.5
81	Worcestershire County Council	Authority		55.3
82	Halton	Authority	Foster4	55.1
82	London Borough of Sutton	Authority		55.1
84	Brighton & Hove City Council	Authority		55
85	Oldham Council	Authority	Foster for Greater Manchester	54.8
86	Gloucestershire	Authority	Fostering South West	54.5
87	Telford & Wrekin Council	Authority		54.3
88	Hartlepool Borough Council	Authority	Foster with North East	54.2
88	Luton Borough Council	Authority	Foster East	54.2
90	North Tyneside Council	Authority	Foster with North East	53.9
91	Plymouth	Authority	Fostering South West	53.8
92	London Borough of Hackney	Authority		53.7
93	Bolton Council	Authority	Foster for Greater Manchester	53.5
94	London Borough of Bexley	Authority		53.4
95	Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	Authority		53.2
96	London Borough of Hounslow	Authority	Foster with West London	52.5
97	Medway Council	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	52.4
98	Central Bedfordshire Council	Authority	Foster East	52.3
99	Nottingham	Authority	Foster for East Midlands	51.9
100	Rochdale Borough Council	Authority	Foster for Greater Manchester	51.8
101	London Borough of Brent	Authority	Foster with West London	51.7
101	London Borough of Havering	Authority	Local Community Fostering	51.7
101	London Borough of Islington	Authority		51.7
104	London Borough of Merton	Authority		51.2
105	Trafford Council	Authority	Foster for Greater Manchester	51.1
105	Warrington	Authority	Foster4	51.1
107	London Borough of Wandsworth	Authority		50.8
108	Wigan	Authority	Foster for Greater Manchester	50.1
109	South Gloucestershire	Authority	Fostering South West	49.8
110	Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council	Authority		49.1
111	Newham	Authority	Local Community Fostering	48.9
112	Southend-on-Sea City Council	Authority	Foster East	48.8
113	Nottinghamshire	Authority	Foster for East Midlands	48.7
114	Foster4	Hub		48.5
114	Westminster	Authority	Foster with West London	48.5
116	Stoke-on-Trent City Council	Authority		47.8
117	London Borough of Hillingdon	Authority	Foster with West London	47.7
118	London Borough of Croydon	Authority		47.3
119	London Borough of Southwark	Authority		46.5
120	London Borough of Haringey	Authority		46.2
121	London Borough of Harrow	Authority	Foster with West London	46
122	West Northamptonshire Council	Authority		44.1
123	City of Wolverhampton Council	Authority		43.8
124	Foster with West London	Hub		43.6
125	Foster for Greater Manchester	Hub		43.2
126	Foster for East Midlands	Hub		39.9
127	Fostering South West	Hub		38.8
128	Local Community Fostering	Hub		36
129	Foster 4 Your Council	Hub		28.8
130	Local Authority Fostering South East	Hub		21.7
131	Foster With Us	Hub		18.4
·	London Borough of CamdenSite blocks automated access	Authority		data gap
·	City of Doncaster CouncilSite blocks automated access	Authority		data gap
·	Foster with North EastSite blocks automated access	Hub		data gap
·	GatesheadSite blocks automated access	Authority	Foster with North East	data gap
·	Hampshire County CouncilSite blocks automated access	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	data gap
·	Isle of WightSite blocks automated access	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	data gap
·	KentSite blocks automated access	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	data gap
·	ManchesterSite blocks automated access	Authority	Foster for Greater Manchester	data gap
·	MiddlesbroughSite blocks automated access	Authority	Foster with North East	data gap
·	NorfolkSite blocks automated access	Authority	Foster East	data gap
·	North Lincolnshire CouncilSite blocks automated access	Authority		data gap
·	South TynesideSite blocks automated access	Authority	Foster with North East	data gap
·	Stockton-on-TeesSite blocks automated access	Authority	Foster with North East	data gap
·	SunderlandSite blocks automated access	Authority	Foster with North East	data gap
·	West BerkshireSite blocks automated access	Authority	Local Authority Fostering South East	data gap
·	WiltshireSite blocks automated access	Authority	Fostering South West	data gap

Services with the same Findability Score share a rank.