Gibb: OFSTED report shows half of secondary schools are not good enough

Commenting on the OFSTED annual report published today, which says nearly half the secondary schools in England don't provide pupils with a good education, Shadow Schools Minister Nick Gibb said:

"It is unacceptable that almost half of secondary schools are judged no better than satisfactory – this is not good enough and explains why parents clamour to get their children into the few secondary schools judged to be the best.

"We still see too many primary schools wedded to failed teaching methods which is why reading standards of seven year olds are continuing to decline and why one in five children start secondary school unable to read properly.

 "It is also a fundamental problem that in almost a third of secondary schools behaviour is just 'satisfactory'. Until behaviour improves in our schools we will fail to see any significant rise in standards.â€