Schools: Admissions
(asked on 7th October 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of total secondary school places in (a) areas with selective policies and (b) other areas are in schools rated outstanding.
Please see the table below showing the number and percentage of pupils attending outstanding schools, for areas with different selective policies. Data is given as at 31 March 2016.
Pupils at mainstream state-funded secondary schools | |||
Latest Ofsted inspection data as at 31 March 2016 | |||
| Total number of pupils in Ofsted rated schools | Number of pupils in schools rated outstanding | Percentage of pupils in schools rated outstanding |
Pupils attending secondary schools in fully selective areas1 | 282,608 | 100,308 | 35 |
Pupils attending secondary schools in other areas with selective schools2 | 703,417 | 205,097 | 29 |
Pupils attending secondary schools in areas with no selective schools | 2,077,665 | 488,673 | 24 |
Source: Ofsted official statistics from 31 March 2016 | |||
Notes: 1. Includes selective schools in the following areas which operate area wide arrangements for academic selection: Bexley, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Medway, Slough, Southend, Sutton, Torbay and Trafford. 2. Includes schools in twenty-six local authorities that have selective schools operating their own arrangements for academic selection. | |||
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