REDDITCH’S hard working teachers have been praised by local MP Rachel Maclean after Ofsted’s Annual Report for Education and Skills found 96 per cent of secondary schools in Worcestershire were rated as good or outstanding.
Each year the annual report, which does not include middle schools, gives a state of the nation picture of how England’s schools, early year providers, colleges, further education and social care providers are performing.
In 2010 the report showed 67 per cent of primary schools and 59 per cent of secondary schools were judged to be good or outstanding. Seven years on and Ofsted’s 2017 view has found 88 per cent primary schools and 96 per cent of secondary schools are now rated as good or outstanding.
The county’s secondary schools are performing well above the national average too, with the good or outstanding rate for England at just 79 per cent.
There has also been a big drop in the number of primary schools which require improvement in Worcestershire.
In 2010 the figure was 31 per cent and this year just 7 per cent.
“This is excellent news and the results are down to the hard work of our teachers here in Redditch and across Worcestershire,” said Mrs Maclean.
