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Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils attended schools which were taken into special measures for the first time in each year since 1997. [269878]

Jim Knight: This is a matter for Ofsted. HMCI Christine Gilbert will be replying and a copy will be placed in the House Libraries.

Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 28 April 2009:

Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for reply.

Table A shows the number of schools placed in special measures for the first time in each academic year since 1997/98, and the number of pupils attending these schools in that year, according to the Department for Children, Schools and Families' School Census, taken in January of each year. Schools for which Schools Census data are not available have been excluded from the analysis.

Table A: Number of pupils attending schools placed in special measures for the first time in each academic year since 1997/98
Academic year	Number of schools placed in special measures for the first time	Number of pupils in schools placed in special measures for the first time
1997/98	291	83,939
1998/99	194	53,958
1999/2000	229	70,350
2000/01	136	42,908
2001/02	123	39,009
2002/03	155	51,609
2003/04	204	84,917
2004/05	95	43,136
2005/06	161	59,730
2006/07	172	55,023
2007/08	129	52,367

A copy of this reply has been sent to the right hon. Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and will be placed in the Library of both Houses.

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) which 15 local authorities have the (a) most and (b) highest proportion of schools assessed as inadequate by Ofsted; [271827]

(2) which 15 local authorities have the (a) most and (b) highest proportion of special schools assessed as inadequate by Ofsted. [271828]

Jim Knight: The following tables (1-4) provide the information requested. Figures are based on the most recent data published by Ofsted (31 December 2008) and relate to the inadequate categories of special measures and significant improvement.

Table 3 lists all of the local authorities that had any special schools in one of the categories of special measures or significant improvement at 31 December 2008. Figures for the number of pupil referral units in Ofsted categories are provided separately in Table 4.

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Table 1: 15 local authorities with most numbers of schools in Ofsted categories—31 December 2008
LA area	Ofsted category	Primary	Pupil referral unit	Secondary	Special	Total
Northamptonshire	SM	12	—	2	—	14
	SI/NTI	5	—	1	—	6
Birmingham	SM	7	—	—	—	7
	SI/NTI	6	—	6	—	12
Lancashire	SM	3	—	3	1	7
	SI/NTI	8	—	3	—	11
Hampshire	SM	4	2	—	—	6
	SI/NTI	6	—	1	1	8
Norfolk	SM	8	1	2	—	11
	SI/NTI	1	—	1	—	2
Sheffield	SM	2	—	2	—	4
	SI/NTI	6	—	1	—	7
Bradford	SM	3	—	1	—	4
	SI/NTI	3	—	3	—	6
Devon	SM	4	—	—	—	4
	SI/NTI	3	—	2	1	6
Kent	SM	3	—	—	—	3
	SI/NTI	4	—	2	—	6
Leicester City	SM	4	—	1	—	5
	SI/NTI	3	1	—	—	4
Cheshire	SM	3	—	—	—	3
	SI/NTI	4	—	1	—	5
Croydon	SM	3	—	—	—	3
	SI/NTI	3	—	2	—	5
Cumbria	SM	1	1	3	—	5
	SI/NTI	2	—	1	—	3
Nottinghamshire	SM	4	—	1	—	5
	SI/NTI	2	—	1	—	3
Leeds	SM	1	—	1	1	3
	SI/NTI	2	—	2	—	4
England	SM	155	11	53	12	231
	SI/NTI	156	3	69	4	232
Notes: 1. SM is special measures. 2. SI/NTI is significant improvement with a notice to improve.

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