England’s WORST schools: Full list of all 346 state-funded secondary schools

More than a quarter-of-a-million children are being taught at under-performing secondary schools, according to official figures.

The data suggests that 11.6 per cent of state-funded mainstream schools – 346 in total – fell below the Government’s minimum standards in 2018.

This means 282,603 schoolchildren are now being taught at under-performing secondaries – about 9.3 per cent.

+2346 state-funded mainstream schools fell below the Government’s minimum standards in 2018 

Schools fall below the Government’s performance threshold if pupils fail to make enough progress across eight subjects, with particular weight given to English and maths.

In 2017, 365 schools fell below the floor standard, but the figures are not directly comparable.

This is because the latest data does not apply to University Technical Colleges (UTCs) or further education colleges with 14-16 provision or studio schools.

School leaders said performance tables are ‘long past their sell-by date’, urging the public to take into consideration the data used to compile them.

Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: ‘Performance tables can never tell the full story of a school and we urge parents and governors not to place too much weight on them.

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