The following shows the proportion of children aged 16 years or under attending schools supported by the National Challenge by local authority.
This table captures the proportion of pupils in the 440 schools currently below the 30 per cent. benchmark target where fewer than 30 per cent. of pupils achieve five A*-C at GCSE including English and mathematics, based on validated 2008 data. These figures are captured in column A. All of these schools are receiving additional bespoke support.
The National Challenge programme does not just however support schools below the floor target. Bespoke support is also provided for schools at risk of dropping below the floor target. The table also therefore captures the proportion of pupils in schools receiving support from the National Challenge and City Challenge programmes. These figures are captured in column B.
Local authority All state- funded secondary schools Column A - schools below 30 per cent. floor Column B - All national challenge and city challenge supported schools LA number Pupils aged 16 and under Pupils aged16 and under % of pupils3 Pupils aged16 and under % of pupils3 England 3,113,670 364,440 11.7 585,480 18.8 City of London 201 0 — — — — Camden 202 8,770 — — — — Greenwich 203 13,350 1,160 8.7 7,030 52.7 Hackney 204 7,410 730 9.8 1,190 16.0 Hammersmith and Fulham 205 6,090 — — 600 9.8 Islington 206 8,020 850 10.6 2,710 33.8 Kensington and Chelsea 207 3,230 — — — — Lambeth 208 8,740 710 8.1 2,110 24.2 Lewisham 209 12,300 820 6.7 2,060 16.7 Southwark 210 12,470 1,880 15.0 1,100 8.8 Tower Hamlets 211 13,660 2,780 20.4 2,780 20.4 Wandsworth 212 10,480 420 4.0 1,480 14.1 Westminster 213 7,770 800 10.3 — — Barking and Dagenham 301 11,910 1,270 10.7 2,460 20.6 Barnet 302 18,830 700 3.7 700 3.7 Bexley 303 18,580 6,900 37.1 6,360 34.2 Brent 304 15,950 1,670 10.5 1,130 7.1 Bromley 305 20,040 — — 910 4.5 Croydon 306 19,650 1,620 8.2 4,340 22.1 Ealing 307 15, 800 — — 1,260 7.9 Enfield 308 20,350 3,640 17.9 3,640 17.9 Haringey 309 11,990 1,030 8.6 1,300 10.9 Harrow 310 8,980 — — 680 7.5 Havering 311 16,010 — — 1,940 12.1 Hillingdon 312 16,890 4,600 27.3 4,220 25.0 Hounslow 313 14,950 1,120 7.5 3,110 20.8 Kingston upon Thames 314 8,560 — — — — Merton 315 8,180 830 10.1 990 12.1 Newham 316 17,850 2,140 12.0 2,140 12.0 Redbridge 317 18,850 — — 830 4.4 Richmond upon Thames 318 6,920 — — 820 11.8 Sutton 319 14,900 1,900 12.7 1,970 13.2 Waltham Forest 320 13,440 740 5.5 2,130 15.9 Birmingham 330 65,760 16,610 25.3 24,500 37.3 Coventry 331 19,260 5,060 26.2 6,820 35.4 Dudley 332 19,990 2,240 11.2 3,990 19.9 Sandwell 333 19,500 6,660 34.2 10,070 51.7 Solihull 334 16,210 4,220 26.0 3,140 19.3 Walsall 335 19,850 6,200 31.2 12,790 64.4 Wolverhampton 336 14,870 3,220 21.7 6,830 45.9 Knowsley4 340 8,380 3,050 36.4 3,390 40.5 Liverpool 341 29,120 6,740 23.1 12,510 43.0 St Helens 342 10,740 590 5.5 1,870 17.4 Sefton 343 18,450 2,400 13.0 3,650 19.8 Wirral 344 21,500 2,910 13.5 4,810 22.4 Bolton 350 18,320 3,940 21.5 4,660 25.4 Bury 351 11,380 — — 1,590 13.9 Manchester 352 23,460 3,140 13.4 10,170 43.4 Oldham 353 15,740 4,270 27.1 8,100 51.5 Rochdale 354 13,000 1,620 12.4 1,620 12.4 Salford 355 11,420 1,640 14.3 3,770 33.0 Stockport 356 15,270 560 3.7 2,220 14.6 Tameside 357 14,910 1,170 7.8 4,660 31.2 Trafford 358 15,300 420 2.8 1,310 8.5 Wigan 359 19,860 560 2.8 5,500 27.7 Barnsley 370 13,430 5,040 37.5 6,810 50.7 Doncaster 371 19,750 6,160 31.2 8,450 42.8 Rotherham 372 19,030 1,310 6.9 7,360 38.7 Sheffield 373 29,760 9,070 30.5 8,710 29.3 Bradford 380 32,090 9,630 30.0 17,810 55.5 Calderdale 381 14,430 830 5.7 1,260 8.7 Kirklees 382 25,490 2,760 10.8 6,950 27.3 Leeds 383 44,160 5,190 11.8 12,330 27.9 Wakefield 384 20,870 — — 2,370 11.3 Gateshead 390 11,940 750 6.3 2,100 17.6 Newcastle upon Tyne 391 15,120 1,720 11.4 4,420 29.2 North Tyneside 392 12,860 760 5.9 2,310 17.9 South Tyneside 393 9,230 710 7.7 710 7.7 Sunderland 394 17,610 1,450 8.2 2,370 13.5 Isles of Scilly 420 0 — — — — Bath and North East Somerset 800 11,610 — — 360 3.1 Bristol, City of 801 15,550 4,570 29.4 6,210 40.0 North Somerset 802 12,240 820 6.7 820 6.7 South Gloucestershire 803 17,130 — — 570 3.3 Hartlepool 805 6,330 — — 1,760 27.8 Middlesbrough 806 8,590 2,640 30.7 2,310 26.9 Redcar and Cleveland 807 9,510 1,420 14.9 1,880 19.7 Stockton-on-Tees 808 11,770 1,760 15.0 1,760 15.0 Kingston upon Hull, City of 810 14,580 7,000 48.0 8,420 57.7 East Riding of Yorkshire 811 21,550 1,020 4.7 1,020 4.7 North East Lincolnshire 812 9,990 4,550 45.6 4,210 42.1 North Lincolnshire 813 10,280 — — 1,790 17.4 North Yorkshire 815 38,100 1,400 3.7 2,720 7.1 York 816 9,450 420 4.4 1,380 14.6 Bedfordshire 820 35,390 2,140 6.1 2,140 6.1 Luton 821 12,190 — — — — Buckinghamshire 825 31,420 3,620 11.5 6,610 21.0 Milton Keynes 826 14,930 2,660 17.8 2,660 17.8 Derbyshire 830 47,440 3,190 6.7 7,720 16.3 Derby 831 15,510 1,760 11.3 4,580 29.6 Dorset 835 27,850 1,320 4.7 2,320 8.3 Poole 836 7,750 1,340 17.3 1,340 17.3 Bournemouth 837 9,150 1,830 20.0 3,220 35.2 Durham 840 30,010 2,830 9.4 5,570 18.6 Darlington 841 5,930 1,460 24.7 880 14.9 East Sussex 845 27,230 3,530 12.9 6,740 24.7 Brighton and Hove 846 11,560 2,460 21.3 2,460 21.3 Hampshire 850 70,150 1,300 1.9 4,120 5.9 Portsmouth 851 9,330 1,690 18.1 3,140 33.6 Southampton 852 10,810 1,520 14.0 1,520 14.0 Leicestershire 855 42,770 490 1.2 490 1.2 Leicester 856 17,760 3,210 18.1 4,140 23.3 Rutland 857 2,370 — — — — Staffordshire 860 55,600 3,170 5.7 4,290 7.7 Stoke-on-Trent 861 13,350 3,780 28.3 4,510 33.8 Wiltshire 865 27,510 — — 2,640 9.6 Swindon 866 11,830 3,440 29.0 2,290 19.4 Bracknell Forest 867 5,970 — — 1,080 18.1 Windsor and Maidenhead 868 9,310 — — — — West Berkshire 869 11,130 820 7.3 1,310 11.8 Reading 870 5,580 640 11.5 770 13.7 Slough 871 8,740 — — 700 8.0 Wokingham 872 9,650 530 5.5 — — Cambridgeshire 873 31,340 2,770 8.8 4,250 13.6 Peterborough 874 12,160 4,840 39.8 2,850 23.4 Cheshire 875 42,310 3,560 8.4 5,330 12.6 Halton 876 7,620 530 6.9 1,530 20.1 Warrington 877 13,160 960 7.3 2,410 18.3 Devon 878 40,470 — — 3,540 8.7 Plymouth 879 16,690 4,210 25.2 5,310 31.8 Torbay 880 8,200 2,530 30.8 2,530 30.8 Essex 881 85,230 6,060 7.1 10,770 12.6 Southend-on-Sea 882 11,790 900 7.6 4,130 35.0 Thurrock 883 8,810 3,860 43.8 3,250 36.9 Herefordshire 884 9,770 — — — — Worcestershire 885 35,970 2,410 6.7 3,210 8.9 Kent 886 92,960 25,080 27.0 28,320 30.5 Medway 887 18,600 4,580 24.6 6,660 35.8 Lancashire 888 69,250 6,160 8.9 8,230 11.9 Blackburn with Darwen 889 9,400 470 5.0 470 5.0 Blackpool 890 8,240 3,490 42.3 3,490 42.3 Nottinghamshire 891 50,010 5,310 10.6 12,370 24.7 Nottingham 892 14,180 5,880 41.4 5,700 40.2 Shropshire 893 16,790 — — — — Telford and Wrekin 894 11,450 2,710 23.6 5,680 49.6 Cornwall 908 30,880 2,170 7.0 4,410 14.3 Cumbria 909 32,530 1,700 5.2 6,750 20.7 Gloucestershire 916 37,290 2,650 7.1 5,330 14.3 Hertfordshire 919 73,330 3,830 5.2 3,830 5.2 Isle of Wight 921 11,260 — — — — Lincolnshire 925 45,340 4,820 10.6 7,470 16.5 Norfolk 926 46,480 5,540 11.9 7,530 16.2 Northamptonshire 928 44,060 6,900 15.7 9,530 21.6 Northumberland 929 27,210 530 2.0 1,620 6.0 Oxfordshire 931 34,290 1,630 4.8 960 2.8 Somerset 933 31,100 1,770 5.7 2,640 8.5 Suffolk 935 50,590 3,280 6.5 6,100 12.1 Surrey 936 56,410 — — 2,120 3.8 Warwickshire 937 32,060 2,620 8.2 5,030 15.7 West Sussex 938 42,690 3,500 8.2 5,860 13.7 1 Includes City Technology Colleges and Academies. 2 Excludes dually registered pupils. 3 Number of pupils aged 16 and under in National Challenge schools expressed as a percentage of the number of pupils aged 16 and under in all state-funded secondary schools. 4 Two National Challenge schools in this LA have not been included as they were not open at the January 2008 census date. Note: Pupil numbers are rounded to nearest 10. Source: School Census
This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply has been placed in the House Libraries.
Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 3 April 2009:
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There are no standard definitions for medium or large schools. This response provides data based on the size banding used when analysing inspection outcomes for Ofsted’s Annual Reports. These also include the figures on small schools (primary schools with 100 pupils or fewer, and secondary schools with 600 pupils or fewer), previously provided in response to Parliamentary Question 258254. Data identifying the total number of pupils on a school’s roll in each academic year are derived from the Annual School Census produced by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Please note that schools for which the number of pupils on roil is not available have been excluded from this analysis.
Ofsted introduced a judgement of schools’ overall effectiveness in January 2000, and this response covers data since that point. Under the school inspection framework used between January 2000 and August 2005 (commonly known as Section 10), the school’s overall effectiveness judgement was made using a seven point scale: excellent, very good, good, satisfactory, unsatisfactory, poor and very poor. Since September 2005, the overall effectiveness judgement has been made under the current school inspection framework (commonly known as Section 5) using a four point scale: outstanding, good, satisfactory and inadequate. Tables A to D show the percentages of primary and secondary schools by grade for each academic year since January 2000.
It is not possible to operate a simple read-across approach from a seven- to a four-point scale. Ofsted’s criteria for making inspection judgements about schools are clearly set out in our inspection guidance, which is available on the Ofsted website at
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofstedhome/Formsandguidance/Browseallby/Other/General/Guidance-for-inspectors-of-schools-conducting-the-inspection/(language)/eng-GB
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Overall effectiveness: percentage of schools inspected Academic year Size of school (number of pupils on roll) Number of school inspections Excellent Very good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Poor Very poor January-July 2000 1-100 338 0 19 49 23 8 1 0 101-200 533 1 19 43 27 10 1 0 201-300 817 1 22 41 26 8 2 0 300+ 618 1 18 42 29 8 2 0 All 2,306 1 20 43 27 8 1 0 2000/01 1-100 425 1 18 47 29 3 1 0 101-200 816 1 19 44 29 7 1 0 201-300 1,190 1 23 41 27 6 1 0 300+ 963 2 21 39 30 6 1 0 All 3,394 1 21 42 29 6 1 0 2001/02 1-100 454 1 18 46 29 5 1 0 101-200 765 1 17 48 29 4 1 0 201-300 1,091 2 22 45 25 5 1 0 300+ 973 2 24 41 26 7 1 0 All 3,283 1 21 45 27 5 1 0 2002/03 1-100 423 1 17 49 26 6 1 0 101-200 752 1 20 47 27 4 1 0 201-300 970 2 23 41 28 5 1 0 300+ 873 2 21 42 29 5 1 0 All 3,018 2 21 44 28 5 1 0 2003/04 1-100 458 1 13 52 28 5 1 0 101-200 950 1 18 43 33 5 1 0 201-300 1,131 1 16 49 29 4 1 0 300+ 975 1 15 46 31 6 1 0 All 3,514 1 16 47 31 5 1 0 2004/05 1-100 332 1 16 47 30 5 1 0 101-200 535 1 17 48 30 4 0 0 201-300 578 1 20 51 24 4 0 0 300+ 552 1 18 50 27 3 1 0 All 1,997 1 18 49 27 4 1 0
Overall effectiveness: percentage of schools inspected Academic year Size of school (number of pupils on roll) Number of school inspections Excellent Very good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Poor Very poor January-July 2000 1-600 61 0 16 57 21 3 2 0 601-875 106 4 16 42 21 14 4 0 876-1,050 71 0 24 31 32 10 3 0 1,051-1,300 68 0 28 47 16 9 0 0 1,301+ 53 4 40 40 9 8 0 0 All 359 2 23 43 21 9 2 0 2000/01 1-600 124 0 7 57 30 5 1 0 601-875 167 1 23 43 24 8 2 0 876-1,050 117 3 23 36 31 6 1 0 1,051-1,300 121 3 36 35 20 6 0 0 1,301+ 107 4 33 46 11 6 1 0 All 636 2 24 43 23 6 1 0 2001/02 1-600 91 0 11 34 41 13 1 0 601-875 156 3 17 44 26 8 2 0 876-1,050 114 3 23 43 25 6 0 0 1,051-1,300 103 3 29 45 18 5 0 0 1,301+ 84 1 31 45 19 2 1 0 All 548 2 22 42 26 7 1 0 2002/03 1-600 98 0 14 55 22 5 3 0 601-875 125 1 20 45 28 5 2 0 876-1,050 98 5 19 44 21 8 1 1 1,051-1,300 109 5 29 38 25 3 0 1 1,301+ 108 6 32 44 17 0 1 0 All 538 3 23 45 23 4 1 2 2003/04 1-600 105 0 13 53 22 10 2 0 601-875 171 3 14 53 22 6 2 0 876-1,050 132 1 22 39 26 9 4 0 1,051-1,300 122 3 18 42 26 8 2 0 1,301+ 97 0 15 62 15 6 1 0 All 627 2 17 49 23 8 2 0 2004/05 1-600 70 0 7 53 30 9 1 0 601-875 102 2 16 47 27 8 0 0 876-1,050 95 2 21 40 31 5 1 0 1,051-1,300 107 4 30 43 17 4 3 0 1,301+ 111 5 34 40 16 2 4 0 All 485 3 23 44 24 5 2 0
Overall effectiveness: percentage of schools inspected Academic year Size of school (number of pupils on roll) Number of school inspections Outstanding Good Satisfactory Inadequate 2005/06 1-100 629 6 55 35 4 101-200 1,207 8 51 35 6 201-300 1,419 11 49 33 8 300+ 1,211 10 45 36 9 All 4,466 9 49 34 7 2006/07 1-100 909 10 53 34 2 101-200 1,707 10 51 34 5 201-300 1,999 14 47 33 6 300+ 1,714 15 44 36 6 All 6,329 12 48 34 5 2007/08 1-100 845 10 59 29 2 101-200 1,650 12 52 32 4 201-300 1,913 15 49 33 4 300+ 1,667 14 44 36 6 All 6,075 13 50 33 4
Overall effectiveness: percentage of schools inspected Academic year Size of school (number of pupils on roll) Number of school inspections Outstanding Good Satisfactory Inadequate 2005/06 1-600 157 3 39 45 13 601-875 260 10 35 40 15 876-1,050 178 8 34 46 12 1,051-1,300 225 12 42 35 12 1,301+ 203 16 45 28 11 All 1,023 10 39 38 13 2006/07 1-600 212 9 33 45 13 601-875 314 11 31 48 11 876-1,050 266 15 38 38 9 1,051-1,300 253 14 42 36 9 1,301+ 249 18 46 31 5 All 1,294 13 38 40 9 2007/08 1-600 180 8 39 42 10 601-875 308 17 39 36 8 876-1,050 240 16 40 35 9 1,051-1,300 225 16 43 31 10 1,301+ 211 24 41 27 8 All 1,164 17 40 34 9