Children, Schools and Families written question – answered at on 11 May 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils with special educational needs attended mainstream schools assessed by Ofsted as inadequate in each year since 1997.
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
Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for reply.
Table A shows how many pupils with and without special educational needs attended mainstream schools (including nursery, primary and secondary schools and excluding special schools and pupil referral units) that were in special measures at the end of each academic year since 1997/98. Table B shows these figures as percentages.
Special measures is an Ofsted category, defined in the Education Act 2005, meaning that a school is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education and the persons responsible for leading, managing or governing the school are not demonstrating the capacity to secure the necessary improvement. Please be aware that the framework for inspecting maintained schools changed in September 2005. As a result, there has been no consistent 'inadequate' category over this period. These tables are, therefore, limited to those maintained schools placed in special measures, as this category has been in place throughout the period in question.
Pupil numbers have been calculated using information from the Department for Children, Schools and Families' School Census (pupil-level) on pupils registered at one school only, and on pupils registered at two schools, but using their main school as recorded on the census, taken in January of each year.
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.
Table A: Number of pupils with and without special educational needs, attending nursery, primary and secondary schools which were in special measures at the end of each academic year since 1997/98 | |||
Number of pupils in schools placed in special measures | |||
With special educational needs | Without special educational needs | Total | |
1997/98 | 42,450 | 107,283 | 149,733 |
1998/99 | 36,069 | 93,433 | 129,502 |
1999/2000 | 36,069 | 87,855 | 123,924 |
2000/01 | 30,933 | 76,441 | 107,374 |
2001/02 | 23,206 | 68,068 | 91,274 |
2002/03 | 21,112 | 70,928 | 92,040 |
2003/04 | 29,985 | 99,611 | 129,596 |
2004/05 | 24,460 | 82,212 | 106,672 |
2005/06 | 19,856 | 66,929 | 86,785 |
2006/07 | 20,505 | 63,768 | 84,273 |
2007/08 | 21,372 | 64,504 | 85,876 |
Note: Figures are based on School Census (pupil level) data from the Department for Children, Schools and Families. |
Table B: Percentage of pupils with and without special educational needs, attending nursery, primary and secondary schools which were in special measures at the end of each academic year since 1997/98 | |||
Percentage of pupils in schools placed in special measures | |||
With special educational needs | Without special educational needs | Total | |
1997/98 | 28 | 72 | 100 |
1998/99 | 28 | 72 | 100 |
1999/2000 | 29 | 71 | 100 |
2000/01 | 29 | 71 | 100 |
2001/02 | 25 | 75 | 100 |
2002/03 | 23 | 77 | 100 |
2003/04 | 23 | 77 | 100 |
2004/05 | 23 | 77 | 100 |
2005/06 | 23 | 77 | 100 |
2006/07 | 24 | 76 | 100 |
2007/08 | 25 | 75 | 100 |
Note: Figures are based on School Census (pupil level) data from the Department for Children, Schools and Families. |
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