Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of schools classified as (a) requires improvement and (b) inadequate by Ofsted are (i) local authority maintained, (ii) academy and (iii) free schools.
This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. I have asked him to write to you and a copy of his reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.