More state schools in London got top marks in their latest Ofsted inspection than anywhere else in the country.
A total of 75 per cent of the capital’s schools were judged to be either “good or outstanding” compared with 64 per cent nationally when they were inspected at the end of last year.
Compared to the previous year, the number of schools judged to be outstanding has risen by five percentage points nationally.
But the figures also reveal that more than one third of schools across the country were not rated good enough.
The schools watchdog judged six per cent of schools to be inadequate, and 31 per cent satisfactory.
Sir Michael Wilshaw, head of Ofsted, wants to scrap the term “satisfactory” and replace it with “requires improvement”.
But Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said inspectors visited lower achieving schools more often, which skewed the figures.
He added: “Given the skewed sample, we should be celebrating the fact that two-thirds of these schools are now rated good or outstanding.”
