MALVERN is among the ten worst regions for rates of inadequate schools, according to data from official Ofsted reports.
In a list of the ten worst regions for percentage of Ofsted ranked ‘inadequate’ schools, Malvern Hills had the seventh highest with 5.4 per cent of all schools receiving the poor grading.
A total of 3.7 per cent of primary schools and 20 per cent of independent schools in the Malvern Hills District also received the ‘inadequate’ grading.
Ofsted judges a school to be inadequate when it fails to provide an acceptable standard of education and care for its pupils. A study from Qualified teachers for tuition, Teachers To Your Home, has collated the list of regions based on official Ofsted reports.
Rushmoor took the top spot, with 8.1 per cent of schools labelled ‘inadequate,’ including 6.9 per cent of primary schools and 33.3 per cent of special needs schools.
Hackney is in second place, with 7.8 per cent of its schools deemed ‘inadequate’. The London area’s independent schools seem to contribute most to this number, with 26.7 per cent considered ‘inadequate’.
Kensington and Chelsea ranks third, with 6.5 per cent ‘inadequate’ schools, including 20 per cent of independent schools receiving this rating.
Gillian Dixon, CEO of Teachers To Your Home, said: “Nearly £7 billion in capital investment has been promised to the Department for Education next year, so it’s important to highlight which areas may need the most focus.
“A significant boost in funding for special education provision has also been pledged, and this study shows that places like Rushmoor have a large percentage of special needs schools that are labelled as ‘inadequate’, which indicates where this funding may be targeted.
“The top ten areas are spread relatively evenly across the north and south, so we can predict that this extra funding may be distributed across the whole of England.”
The findings of the study were collected over a 12-month period, from July 2023 to June 2024. The study did not provide information on the percentage of ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ schools in the regions studied.
