Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools by type of school are rated as (a) requires improvement or (b) inadequate in each regional schools commissioner area.
Referring to the Ofsted statistical first release data, as at 31 December 2017, there were 1,989 schools in England rated as requiring improvement. At the same point there were 386 schools rated as inadequate.[1]
The attached table, shows the number of schools rated requires improvement or inadequate as at 31 December 2017, broken down by region and type of school.
The majority of schools rated as requires improvement or inadequate are community schools.
Where schools are judged inadequate by Ofsted, the Department will act quickly. RSCs and the wider Department will work with schools where necessary to decide whether additional support is needed to help it improve.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/maintained-schools-and-academies-inspections-and-outcomes-as-at-31-december-2017