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Secondary schools in Leicester achieve 'best ever Ofsted ratings'

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Secondary schools in Leicester are the best they have ever been, the council says.

A record 14 currently have higher Ofsted ratings of good or outstanding.

The remaining two – Babington, in Beaumont Leys, and Lancaster School, in Knighton – have a satisfactory rating from the education watchdog.

However, the council said both recorded their best GCSE results this summer, with Lancaster the most improved in the city.

Fifty-four per cent of students there achieved five or more A* to C grades including English and maths this summer, compared with 43 per cent in 2011.

At Babington, 45 per cent achieved good grades, including English and maths, compared with 38 per cent the year before.

Rachel Dickinson, strategic director for children's services at the city council, said: "This is a record for Leicester schools and one we're very proud of. Not only that, we're confident that if Babington and Lancaster were inspected tomorrow, they would both receive good reports.

"This summer, both schools outperformed previous years and that's something we want to keep shouting about."

The city's schools have made steady improvements since 2007 when they were deemed to be among the worst in the country and eight were either good or outstanding.

In the past month, New College, in New Parks, and Fullhurst, in Braunstone, were both rated good and showing a rapid rise in attainment.

New College head teacher, Jane Brown, said: "It's fantastic news, especially because it's under tough new Ofsted criteria and we were only given a few hours' notice."

Primary schools in the city are also improving, but Mrs Dickinson said there was "still work to do".

"We're not going to get complacent about our secondary schools and we're working hard to ensure more of our primaries have good or outstanding judgements," she said.

"We will continue our partnership work, pairing outstanding schools with those which aren't doing so well, and ensuring they get the right support."

Of the 83 primary schools in the city, 52 are good or outstanding, 26 satisfactory and five inadequate.

Figures released this week showed only three of the city's primaries had failed to reach the Government's benchmark of 60 per cent of pupils reaching level four in English and maths at age 11.

Councillor Vi Dempster, assistant city mayor for education, said: "It shows our collaborative approach really works.

"Some parents may have a misguided view of the quality of our schools.

"Whatever area you live in the city, there's a great secondary catchment school to go to."

Secondary schools in Leicester achieve 'best ever Ofsted ratings'


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