Between 2000 and 2004/05, schools’ overall effectiveness was judged on the basis of a seven point scale as follows: (1) Excellent, (2) Very Good, (3) Good, (4) Satisfactory, (5) Unsatisfactory, (6) Poor and (7) Very Poor. Ofsted did not produce an overall judgment on schools’ effectiveness prior to this. New school inspection arrangements came into operation from September 2005. These ‘raise the bar’ in terms of expectations on schools. Schools are now judged on the basis of a four point scale as follows: (1) Outstanding, (2) Good, (3) Satisfactory and (4) Inadequate.
The following tables set out the available data from 2000 to 2005/06. Due to changes in inspection criteria in 2005/06, it is not possible to directly read across from tables A-F to G. The number of schools inspected each year varies and this impacts on the number of pupils attending schools in each of the categories.
Table A January 2000 Boys Girls Total pupils Excellent/Very Good 110,360 111,520 221,880 Good 193,590 187,680 381,270 Satisfactory 111,920 105,930 217,850 Unsatisfactory, poor and very poor 50,280 44,290 94,570 Total 466,160 449,420 915,570
2000/01 Boys Girls Total pupils Excellent/Very Good 189,110 192,340 381,450 Good 307,850 292,720 600,570 Satisfactory 190,760 176,930 367,700 Unsatisfactory, poor and very poor 54,400 48,600 103,000 Total 742,120 710,590 1,452,710
2001/02 Boys Girls Total pupils Excellent/Very Good 174,940 169,400 344,340 Good 296,660 283,190 579,850 Satisfactory 176,930 161,610 338,540 Unsatisfactory, poor and very poor 47,120 42,950 90,070 Total 695,640 657,160 1,352,800
2002/03 Boys Girls Total pupils Excellent/Very Good 160,690 173,090 333,790 Good 280,910 263,180 544,090 Satisfactory 170,490 156,140 326,630 Unsatisfactory, poor and very poor 36,240 31,080 67,320 Total 648,330 623490 1,271,820
2003/04 Boys Girls Total pupils Excellent/Very Good 127,630 131,020 258,650 Good 353,350 343,630 696,980 Satisfactory 202,360 188,240 390,600 Unsatisfactory, poor and very poor 56,060 51,840 107,900 Total 739,400 714,730 1,454,130
2004/05 Boys Girls Total pupils Excellent/Very Good 116,970 120,910 237,880 Good 225,480 208,610 434,100 Satisfactory 117,550 108,890 226,440 Unsatisfactory, poor and very poor 26,570 23,270 49,840 Total 486,580 461,680 948,260
Table G 2005/06 Boys Girls Total pupils Outstanding 113,740 118,660 232,400 Good 469,040 461,170 930,210 Satisfactory 378,910 358,540 737,460 Inadequate 108,740 98,720 207,460 Total 1,070,430 1,037,100 2,107,530
The information is shown in the following table.
Maintained schools4 All schools Number of pupils at the end of key stage 4 Percentage of pupils who achieved 5+ A*-C grades Number of pupils at the end of key stage 4 Percentage of pupils who achieved 5+ A*-C grades North-east 31,682 57.4 33,181 58.2 Hartlepool 1,196 57.5 1,223 56.3 Middlesbrough 1,772 48.9 1,779 48.8 Redcar and Cleveland 2,029 50.3 2,066 49.4 Stockton-on-Tees 2,451 55.3 2,623 57.5 Darlington 1,218 57.9 1,312 57.9 Durham 5,936 56.6 6,181 57.9 Northumberland 3,914 62.0 3,959 62.3 Gateshead 2,280 69.7 2,349 68.8 Newcastle upon Tyne 2,868 55.8 3,384 60.6 North Tyneside 2,284 62.2 2,429 62.0 South Tyneside 2,003 55.5 2,011 55.3 Sunderland 3,731 55.0 3,865 55.6 North-west 88,019 56.6 93,903 57.9 Halton 1,560 52.6 1,563 52.5 Warrington 2,505 66.4 2,522 66.0 Cheshire 8,361 61.9 9,147 63.9 Cumbria 6,191 57.9 6,665 58.8 Bolton 3,678 51.1 4,116 54.1 Bury 2,382 59.0 2,629 61.9 Manchester 4,795 47.6 5,644 53.5 Oldham 3,188 55.0 3,346 56.7 Rochdale 2,783 50.3 2,829 50.1 Salford 2,622 51.4 2,781 51.2 Stockport 3,355 58.7 3,846 62.0 Tameside 3,099 50.0 3,153 49.6 Trafford 2,937 70.2 3,050 70.0 Wigan 4,161 56.9 4,166 56.9 Blackburn with Darwen 1,865 51.5 2,243 56.5 Blackpool 1,712 48.9 1,825 51.3 Lancashire 14,504 58.3 15,160 58.4 Knowsley 2,013 48.8 2,021 48.6 Liverpool 5,893 54.1 6,133 55.0 St. Helens 2,258 56.6 2,367 56.1 Sefton 3,891 61.9 4,201 64.2 Wirral 4,266 57.7 4,496 58.3 Yorkshire and Humber 63,076 54.5 66,584 55.6 East Riding of Yorkshire 4,087 62.2 4,274 63.6 Kingston upon Hull, City of 3,230 52.4 3,359 53.7 North East Lincolnshire 2,212 48.2 2,248 48.3 North Lincolnshire 2,150 54.1 2,184 53.3 York 1,899 62.1 2,134 65.4 North Yorkshire 7,384 64.2 7,946 65.9 Barnsley 2,639 49.5 2,661 49.4 Doncaster 3,847 51.9 3,928 51.2 Rotherham 3,813 52.2 3,834 52.0 Sheffield 5,755 48.5 6,062 49.9 Bradford 6,095 50.2 6,552 51.5 Calderdale 2,614 58.1 2,777 58.0 Kirklees 4,737 53.0 5,069 52.4 Leeds 8,489 52.2 9,028 54.1 Wakefield 4,125 57.8 4,528 60.5 East Midlands 52,780 55.4 56,182 56.8 Derby 2,914 55.6 3,053 55.8 Derbyshire 9,018 57.1 9,558 57.6 Leicester 3,583 47.6 3,923 49.6 Rutland 487 68.2 781 80.2 Leicestershire 7,829 58.4 8,419 60.1 Lincolnshire 8,458 62.2 8,781 62.9 Northamptonshire 8,144 54.5 8,690 56.7 Nottingham 2,727 44.8 3,125 49.1 Nottinghamshire 9,620 51.2 9,852 51.7 West Midlands 67,739 56.4 72,113 57.6 Herefordshire 2,058 61.8 2,204 61.7 Worcestershire 6,516 57.6 7,320 60.9 Telford and Wrekin 2,182 55.4 2,277 56.3 Shropshire 3,477 62.6 3,938 65.3 Stoke-on-Trent 3,008 49.3 3,018 49.1 Staffordshire 10,281 56.5 10,716 57.7 Warwickshire 6,258 58.5 6,826 61.5 Birmingham 12,465 58.8 13,297 58.4 Coventry 3,747 47.9 4,109 51.1 Dudley 4,070 55.8 4,118 55.6 Sandwell 3,698 47.3 3,777 46.3 Solihull 3,231 66.8 3,421 67.8 Walsall 3,796 50.0 3,924 50.0 Wolverhampton 2,952 55.9 3,168 57.3 East of England 65,367 59.3 71,090 61.4 Luton 2,347 51.0 2,413 50.0 Bedfordshire 4,799 56.2 5,353 60.1 Peterborough 2,189 58.3 2,354 55.9 Cambridgeshire 5,840 60.2 6,607 63.1 Southend-on-Sea 2,099 63.0 2,157 63.1 Thurrock 1,739 56.0 1,796 54.2 Essex 16,346 59.0 17,067 60.1 Hertfordshire 13,116 64.7 15,147 68.5 Norfolk 8,972 55.4 9,505 57.0 Suffolk 7,920 59.4 8,691 61.8 London5 74,140 58.3 84,053 59.8 Inner London 23,248 53.6 27,712 55.3 Camden 1,474 54.7 1,799 60.8 Hackney 1,391 50.9 1,630 48.3 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,153 62.1 1,632 67.3 Haringey 2,113 51.7 2,369 53.5 Islington 1,459 47.0 1,590 44.6 Kensington and Chelsea 586 63.0 1,336 42.6 Lambeth 1,409 55.4 1,559 54.8 Lewisham 2,229 54.8 2,541 54.4 Newham 3,308 52.8 3,402 51.6 Southwark 2,331 48.8 2,846 56.0 Tower Hamlets 2,553 56.3 2,725 55.2 Wandsworth 1,841 58.3 2,304 61.8 Westminster 1,401 48.7 1,979 54.6 Outer London 50,892 60.5 56,341 62.0 Barking and Dagenham 2,007 55.8 2,128 52.7 Barnet 3,419 65.5 3,953 66.8 Bexley 3,219 64.2 3,225 64.1 Brent 2,595 61.4 2,822 61.8 Bromley 3,583 67.6 3,935 69.4 Croydon 3,786 56.7 4,501 61.5 Ealing 2,627 61.8 3,044 63.1 Enfield 3,630 53.5 3,708 53.9 Greenwich 2,499 43.0 2,788 45.1 Harrow 2,160 64.3 2,680 68.5 Havering 3,055 63.3 3,094 63.3 Hillingdon 2,957 54.7 3,248 55.1 Hounslow 2,613 63.1 2,735 61.5 Kingston upon Thames 1,536 68.1 1,848 69.7 Merton 1,572 48.2 1,840 55.3 Redbridge 3,126 72.1 3,318 72.7 Richmond upon Thames 1,405 56.5 2,055 66.9 Sutton 2,510 70.8 2,625 70.9 Waltham Forest 2,593 51.1 2,794 53.1 South-east 91,575 59.7 104,305 62.7 Bracknell Forest 1,062 59.8 1,363 66.3 Windsor and Maidenhead 1,624 64.2 2,158 71.3 West Berkshire 1,996 65.0 2,351 68.7 Reading 1,025 56.1 1,360 64.3 Slough 1,420 63.2 1,459 61.5 Wokingham 1,826 64.5 2,066 66.9 Milton Keynes 2,594 49.9 2,717 48.8 Buckinghamshire 5,789 68.8 6,285 69.9 Brighton and Hove 2,334 55.2 2,725 58.9 East Sussex 5,455 55.4 6,145 57.9 Portsmouth 2,045 47.6 2,386 54.3 Southampton 2,424 48.4 2,715 52.7 Hampshire 14,481 61.6 15,821 63.3 Isle of Wight 1,555 47.9 1,670 50.2 Medway 3,451 56.4 3,606 56.2 Kent 16,731 61.4 18,378 63.1 Oxfordshire 6,579 56.6 8,049 63.1 Surrey 10,554 63.0 13,501 67.9 West Sussex 8,630 58.9 9,550 61.3 South-west 58,113 58.2 64,306 60.8 Bath and north-east Somerset 2,245 66.9 2,668 72.0 Bristol, City of 3,104 43.8 4,035 54.3 North Somerset 2,288 58.4 2,364 58.7 South Gloucestershire 3,080 54.9 3,091 54.7 Cornwall 6,151 57.3 6,433 58.4 Isles of Scilly 27 85.2 27 85.2 Torbay 1,496 54.2 1,540 54.5 Plymouth 3,153 59.8 3,262 60.5 Devon 7,956 58.0 8,843 60.3 Bournemouth 1,842 54.7 1,959 56.9 Poole 1,758 63.1 1,927 64.9 Dorset 4,633 62.2 5,230 65.0 Gloucestershire 7,099 63.9 7,882 65.6 Somerset 5,952 56.6 7,030 61.1 Swindon 2,286 53.5 2,319 52.7 Wiltshire 5,043 58.2 5,696 62.0 Total maintained sector 592,491 57.5 — — Total all schools6 — — 645,931 59.2 1 Number of pupils on roll at the end of key stage 4 in the 2005-06 academic year. 2 Including attempts and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years. 3 Local authority, Government office region and total (maintained sector) figures are adjusted for pupils recently arrived from overseas. 4 Information for GCSE and equivalent results for maintained schools at local authority level were published in SFR01/2007, “GCSE and Equivalent Examination results in England 2005-06 (Revised)” http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000702/index.shtml 5 Excludes City of London. 6 Includes City of London.