It is expected to say that the gap in standards between different authorities is too wide.
There will be calls for a league table ranking councils according to inspectors' assessments of schools.
Chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw is to publish Ofsted's annual report on Tuesday.
That report is expected to switch the focus from the weaknesses of individual schools to problems across local authorities.
Sir Michael is set to say that schools in England are improving - with the progress attributed to better teaching and stronger leadership.
But he will also highlight the gap between the best performing local authorities and those which still have too many failing schools.
This could mean that, in future, Ofsted might rank councils in terms of the positive and negative judgements made about their schools by inspectors.
That will increase pressure on local authorities at the bottom of the table.
Teachers' unions also warn that this is likely to be used by the government in a further push for schools to leave local authorities and become academies.
"Naming and shaming... would certainly suit the education department to push all local authorities into the position of converting schools to academies," said Christine Blower, leader of the National Union of Teachers.
But officials say that academy status has proved to be a way of improving schools.
"We will root out under-performance wherever we find it and drive up standards so that every pupil is able to reach their full potential," said a Department for Education spokesperson.
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