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Written question asked by James Frith (Labour) on Thursday, 24 May 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 June 2018. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Monday, 4 June 2018 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Schools: Standards

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of pupils at schools which have been rated as good or outstanding in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

There are 1.9 million more children being taught in good or outstanding schools than in 2010. The total number of pupils attending schools rated as Good or Outstanding as at August of each academic year since 2010 can be found in the table below:

Year

Number of Pupls

2010

4,855,336

2011

5,000,151

2012

5,017,518

2013

5,701,500

2014

5,889,153

2015

6,212,477

2016

6,632,469

2017

6,768,836

Published data is only available back to August 2010.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
147953
Session
2017-19
Registered interest declared
Yes
Subjects
Standards Schools Pupil numbers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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