Schools, colleges & universities: UK food hygiene ratings
School, college and university kitchens preparing meals for pupils and students.
Of the 31,216 schools, colleges & universities in the UK with a published Food Standards Agency (FSA) hygiene rating, 92% hold the top 5 (Very Good) rating — 13.8 points above the 78.2% average across all food businesses. 0.1% are rated 2 stars or below, and the mean rating is 4.9 out of 5. Source: FSA FHRS open data (OGL v3.0), as of June 2026.
Data as of June 2026 · generated .
Rating breakdown (0–5)
Percentages are of the 31,216 rated premises in this category. A further 1,318 are awaiting their first inspection and 322 are exempt.
How this compares
Schools, colleges & universities sit 13.8 points above the 78.2% all-types average for 5-star ratings, across the full FSA register of 483,927 rated premises. Remember: a category average says nothing about any single business — always check the premises you are ordering from.
Schools, colleges & universities hygiene by city
City-level FSA hygiene ratings for schools, cleanest first. Only cities with at least 25 rated schools are shown.
- Hull98.3% 5★ · 115
- Nottingham97.9% 5★ · 142
- Leicester97.1% 5★ · 174
- Wolverhampton97.1% 5★ · 105
- Coventry95.1% 5★ · 143
- Leeds94.6% 5★ · 336
- Plymouth94.4% 5★ · 90
- Newcastle upon Tyne94.3% 5★ · 158
- Wakefield94% 5★ · 184
- Bradford93.5% 5★ · 231
- Manchester93.4% 5★ · 213
- Belfast93.1% 5★ · 189
- Derby93.1% 5★ · 145
- Bristol92.2% 5★ · 231
- Sheffield91% 5★ · 255
- Milton Keynes90.8% 5★ · 141
- Birmingham89.5% 5★ · 430
- Cardiff88.8% 5★ · 161
- Brighton and Hove88.7% 5★ · 141
- London88.5% 5★ · 3,096
- Southampton87.9% 5★ · 99
- Swansea86.4% 5★ · 132
- Portsmouth84.3% 5★ · 89
- Liverpool83.9% 5★ · 168
Other business types
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Food hygiene ratings are sourced from the Food Standards Agency at ratings.food.gov.uk. Ratings reflect the most recent inspection on record and may have changed since publication.