Half of schools 'not good', say inspectors [guardian.co.uk]
- Published: 16 June 2010
Inspectors say almost half of schools they visited are not providing their pupils with a good education, statistics reveal today.
Some 47% of the 3,990 schools inspected between September and March 2009-10 were judged to be either inadequate or satisfactory. Ofsted inspectors rated 9% of schools in England as inadequate, compared to just 6% in the academic year 2006-07, the figures show.
The proportion of schools labelled outstanding – the highest rating – fell to 11% from 14% in 2006-07.
Lord Hill, the schools minister, called for urgent reform to reduce the number of schools that are under-performing.
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