Special Educational Needs Tim Loughton To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what percentage of independent special schools judged as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) adequate and (d) inadequate at their last Ofsted inspection are in each decile of area deprivation; (2) how many and what percentage of maintained and non-maintained special schools judged as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) adequate and (d) inadequate at their last Ofsted inspection are in each decile of area deprivation; (3) how many and what percentage of special schools assessed as inadequate by Ofsted at their most recent inspection are in each decile of area deprivation; (4) how many and what percentage of independent special schools in the (a) top and (b) bottom decile of area deprivation as determined by the income deprivation affecting children index were judged to be (i) outstanding, (ii) good, (iii) adequate and (iv) inadequate in their most recent Ofsted inspection. Sarah McCarthy-Fry These are matters for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and copies of her replies have been placed in the House Libraries. Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 16 April 2009: Parliamentary Question Number 269667: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of special schools assessed as inadequate by Ofsted at their most recent inspection are in each decile of area deprivation. Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for a response. Inspections of maintained and non-maintained special schools are carried out under the inspection framework defined by section 5 of the Education Act 2005, and include a judgement on overall effectiveness. Inspections of non-association independent special schools are carried out under the inspection framework defined by section 162a of the Education Act 2002, as amended by schedule 8 of the Education Act 2005. Under this framework, there is no summary judgement for overall effectiveness and these schools are not categorised as outstanding, good, satisfactory or inadequate. Consequently, Ofsted does not hold the information on these schools that you requested. Table A shows the numbers and percentages of maintained special schools and non-maintained special schools found to be inadequate at their most recent Ofsted inspection. These have been allocated to ten bands according to the income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) 2007 produced by the Department for Communities and Local Government, where 1 indicates the most deprived 10%, and 10 indicates the least deprived 10%. As of 2 March 2009, 984 maintained special schools and 73 non-maintained schools were open in England. 958 of the maintained special schools and 70 of the non-maintained special schools have been inspected by Ofsted up to 31 December 2008, the latest inspection data available. Of these, 14 maintained special schools and 2 non-maintained special schools were found to be inadequate at their most recent inspection. The IDACI was then used to allocate these schools into ten bands, based on their postcodes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Type of special school |Bands of deprivation (based on IDACI1)|Number of schools|Percentage of schools| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Maintained special schools |1 (most deprived 10%) |3 |21 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |2 |1 |7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |3 |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |4 |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |5 |1 |7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |6 |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |7 |3 |21 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |8 |2 |14 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |9 |2 |14 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |10 (least deprived 10%) |2 |14 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Total |14 |100 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Non-maintained special schools |1 (most deprived 10%) |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |2 |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |3 |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |4 |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |5 |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |6 |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |7 |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |8 |2 |100 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |9 |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |10 (least deprived 10%) |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Total |2 |100 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 Income deprivation affecting children index 2007 (Department for Communities and Local Government)Note:Percentages are rounded and do not always add exactly to 100| | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A copy of this reply has been sent to Rt Hon Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and will be placed in the library of both Houses. Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 16 April 2009: Parliamentary Question Number 269668: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of independent special schools in the (a) top and (b) bottom decile of area deprivation as determined by the income deprivation affecting children index were judged to be (i) outstanding, (ii) good, (iii) adequate and (iv) inadequate in their most recent Ofsted inspection. Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for a response. Inspections of non-association independent schools are carried out under the inspection framework known as Section 162a. Under this framework, there is no summary judgement for overall effectiveness, and independent schools, including special schools, are not categorised as outstanding, good, satisfactory or inadequate. Consequently, Ofsted does not hold the information for which you asked. It should also be noted that many of the pupils in independent special schools do not live in the area in which the school is situated and may well come from a wide area. This would affect any association with local area deprivation. A copy of this reply has been sent to Rt Hon Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and will be placed in the library of both Houses. Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 16 April 2009: Parliamentary Question Number 269795: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of independent special schools judged as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) adequate and (d) inadequate at their last Ofsted inspection are in each decile of area deprivation. Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for a response. Inspections of non-association independent schools are carried out under the inspection framework known as Section 162a. Under this framework, there is no summary judgement for overall effectiveness, and independent schools, including special schools, are not categorised as outstanding, good, satisfactory or inadequate. Consequently, Ofsted does not hold the information for which you asked. It should also be noted that many of the pupils in independent special schools do not live in the area in which the school is situated and may well come from a wide area. This would affect any association with local area deprivation. A copy of this reply has been sent to Rt Hon Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and will be placed in the library of both Houses. Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 16 April 2009: Parliamentary Question Number 269796: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of maintained and non-maintained special schools judged as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) adequate and (d) inadequate at their last Ofsted inspection are in each decile of area deprivation. Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for a response. Table A shows the number of maintained special schools and non-maintained special schools inspected by Ofsted under the current inspection framework (commonly known as section 5), as well as their inspection outcomes. These have been allocated to ten bands according to the income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) 2007 produced by the Department for Communities and Local Government, where 1 indicates the most deprived 10%, and 10 indicates the least deprived 10%. Table B shows the same figures expressed as percentages. As of 2 March 2009, 984 maintained special schools and 73 non-maintained special schools were open in England. 958 of the maintained special schools and 70 of the non-maintained special schools have been inspected by Ofsted up to 31 December 2008, the latest inspection data available. The IDACI was used to allocate these schools into ten bands, based on their postcodes. The IDACI band of deprivation is not yet available for the postcode of one maintained special school and, therefore, this school, which was rated outstanding, has been excluded from the analysis. The information used to allocate postcodes to IDACI band of deprivation has been updated since my response to Parliamentary Question 264609. As a result, the number of good schools in the 10% most deprived areas has increased from 56 to 57. Within the total number of inspected schools given above, two maintained special schools and one non-maintained special school were last inspected under the previous inspection framework (commonly known as section 10), in use before September 2005. The inspection outcomes and deprivation bands for these overall effectiveness judgement was made using a seven point scale: excellent, very good, good, satisfactory, unsatisfactory, poor and very poor. 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. Inspectors do not make reference to, or comparisons with, the previous inspection framework. A copy of this reply has been sent to Rt Hon Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and will be placed in the library of both Houses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of schools | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||Overall effectiveness: number of schools inspected|| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Type of special school |Bands of deprivation (based on IDACI1)|Outstanding|Good|Satisfactory|Inadequate|Total| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Maintained special schools |1 (most deprived 10%)|38|57|18|3|115| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2|23|66|15|1|105| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |3|25|49|15|0|89| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |4|20|63|21|0|104| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |5|30|46|20|1|97| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |6|19|46|17|0|82| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |7|28|46|12|3|89| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |8|21|50|11|2|84| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |9|19|61|10|2|92| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |10 (least deprived 10%)|23|55|17|2|97| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Total|246|539|156|14|955| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||||||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Non-maintained special schools |1 (most deprived 10%)|0|0|0|0|0| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2|0|0|0|0|0| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |3|0|4|2|0|6| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |4|3|3|1|0|7| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |5|1|3|0|0|4| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |6|0|4|0|0|4| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |7|3|4|2|0|9| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |8|2|8|1|2|13| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |9|5|8|2|0|15| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |10 (least deprived 10%)|3|5|3|0|11| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Total|17|39|11|2|69| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Income deprivation affecting children index 2007 (Department for Communities and Local Government)Note:Excludes one maintained special school with outstanding overall effectiveness for which an IDACI band of deprivation is not yet available for its postcode.| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table B: Inspection outcomes for special schools at their most recent inspection, by area deprivation: Schools inspected under the current inspection frameworkPercentagesOverall effectiveness: percentage of schools inspectedType of special schoolBands of deprivation (based on IDACI1)OutstandingGoodSatisfactoryInadequateTotalMaintained special schools1 (most deprived 10%)4620122272011335209427201153520106252097351098251099261010 10 (least deprived 10%)262010Total2656161100Non-maintained special schools1 (most deprived 10%)0000020000030630944410105140066060067463013831213199712302210 (least deprived 10%)474016Total2557163100 1 Income deprivation affecting children index 2007 (Department for Communities and Local Government).Notes:1. Percentages are rounded and do not always add exactly to 100.2. Excludes one maintained special school with outstanding overall effectiveness for which an IDACI band of deprivation is not yet available for its postcode. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Type of special school|Band of deprivation (based on IDACI1)|Overall effectiveness| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Maintained |9 |Very Good | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Maintained |5 |Good | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Non-maintained |10 |Good | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------