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Education: Standards

Volume 489: debated on Thursday 19 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many secondary schools Ofsted has graded as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) satisfactory and (d) inadequate in (i) England, (ii) Leicestershire and (iii) Leicester East constituency in the last two years; (262208)

(2) how many primary schools Ofsted has graded as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) satisfactory and (d) inadequate (i) England, (ii) Leicestershire and (iii) Leicester East constituency in the last 12 months.

These are matters for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to my right hon. Friend and copies of her replies have been placed in the Library.

Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 11 March 2009:

Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, for a response.

School inspection data are published on a termly basis and the latest data available are for inspections up to July 2008. Data for schools inspected in autumn 2008 will be published on 18 March 2009, and will be available on the Ofsted website

www.ofsted.gov.uk.

Tables A and B shows the number of secondary schools inspected by Ofsted in the academic years 2006/07 and 2007/08, grouped by overall effectiveness grade and location. Table C shows aggregated figures for both years. The numbers include grades for academies and city technology colleges.

A copy of this reply has been sent to Rt Hon Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Children, Schools and Families and will be placed in the library of both Houses.

Table A: Overall effectiveness of secondary schools inspected in 2006/07

Number of secondary schools inspected

Area

Outstanding

Good

Satisfactory

Inadequate

Total

England

193

469

400

102

1,164

Leicestershire

4

11

3

0

18

Leicester East

1

1

0

0

2

Table B: Overall effectiveness of secondary schools inspected in 2007/08

Number of secondary schools inspected

Area

Outstanding

Good

Satisfactory

Inadequate

Total

England

173

488

516

117

1,294

Leicestershire

1

13

10

0

24

Leicester East

0

2

1

0

3

Table C: Overall effectiveness of secondary schools inspected in 2006/07 and 2007/08

Number of secondary schools inspected

Area

Outstanding

Good

Satisfactory

Inadequate

Total

England

366

957

916

219

2,458

Leicestershire

5

24

13

0

42

Leicester East

1

3

1

0

5

Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 11 March 2009:

Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, for a response.

School inspection data are published on a termly basis and the latest data available are for inspections up to July 2008. Data for schools inspected in autumn 2008 will be published on 18 March 2009, and will be available on the Ofsted website

www.ofsted.gov.uk

Table A shows the number of primary schools inspected by Ofsted in the academic year 2007/08, grouped by overall effectiveness grade and location

Table A: Overall effectiveness of primary schools inspected in 2007/08

Number of primary schools inspected

Area

Outstanding

Good

Satisfactory

Inadequate

Total

England

798

3,023

1,999

255

6,075

Leicestershire

9

39

30

1

79

Leicester East

1

2

7

0

10

A copy of this reply has been sent to Rt Hon Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Children, Schools and Families and will be placed in the library of both Houses.