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Ofsted attacks 'coasting schools' Ofsted wants more ambition from 'coasting schools'
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There are too many lacklustre schools in England which are not pushing children to reach their potential, says the annual report from Ofsted.There are too many lacklustre schools in England which are not pushing children to reach their potential, says the annual report from Ofsted.
The education watchdog's yearly report says too many schools are failing to rise above the "satisfactory" grade. The education watchdog's report says too many schools are failing to rise above the "satisfactory" grade.
There are also concerns about teaching quality, which was no better than satisfactory in 41% of schools.There are also concerns about teaching quality, which was no better than satisfactory in 41% of schools.
The report also warned that schools serving the poorest communities were more likely to be rated as inadequate. Ofsted's chief inspector Miriam Rosen said it was of "great concern" that so many schools remained at this grade.
Miriam Rosen, the acting chief inspector of schools, said: "It is of great concern to see high numbers of schools, colleges and childcare providers that are consistently delivering services for children and young people that are no better than satisfactory. "Ensuring that there is real improvement must be a matter of urgency for these organisations," she said.
"Ensuring that there is real improvement must be a matter of urgency for these organisations." Deprived areas
The education watchdog's report is the latest warning about "coasting" schools, often in prosperous areas, where schools might achieve respectable results, but fail to stretch pupils. The report also warned that schools serving the most deprived pupils were disproportionately likely to be underperforming.
The report says that 800 schools have been judged as "satisfactory" in two successive inspections. The fifth of schools in the poorest areas were four times as likely to have been assessed as "inadequate" by inspectors, compared with schools in wealthier areas.
This "satisfactory" grade is above the point at which intervention is required, but below the higher grades of good and outstanding. However the report also highlighted that 85 schools in the most deprived areas had received an "outstanding" grade.
The education watchdog's report is the latest warning about the number of "coasting" schools, often in prosperous areas, where schools might achieve respectable results, but fail to stretch pupils.
The report says that 800 schools - 14% - have been judged as "satisfactory" in two successive inspections.
It suggests that when schools are judged as inadequate, it can often trigger rapid improvement, while satisfactory schools might stay at this level, lacking the ambition to rise higher.
This "satisfactory" grade is above the point at which intervention is required, but below the higher grades of "good" and "outstanding".
Ofsted says that 20% of schools are outstanding, 50% are good, 28% are satisfactory and 2% are inadequate.
'Not good quality'
The report raised concerns about the variability of teaching standards.
"Good teaching is absolutely essential to the provision of a good education and quite simply too much of what our inspectors saw this year was not good quality," said Ms Rosen.
Teaching was not rated as outstanding in any college inspected this year - and in more than two in five schools it was no better than satisfactory.
Under changes in the inspection process which are to be introduced, outstanding schools will no longer receive routine inspections - and more attention will be focused on schools rated as satisfactory and inadequate.