A new report shows how Nottingham schools are performing when compared with education across the rest of the country.
The Ofsted report shows that there is a north-south divide, with northern and midlands schools being outranked by southern schools.
It includes a league table ranking council areas by the percentage of children in their areas who are going to schools graded as either “good” or “outstanding”.
Primary schools in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire are performing below the national average, ranking at 134 and 97 respectively out of 150 areas.
Secondary schools are faring better with Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ranking 58 and 70 out of 150 respectively.
Two years ago Nottingham had six schools placed into special measures by Ofsted due to poor performance. Currently no Nottingham schools are in special measures.
Sam Webster, Nottingham City Council’s Portfolio Holder for schools, said: “There have been huge changes in these schools with changes to headteachers, teachers and some even changing their names.
“Our aim is for all schools to be rated good or outstanding. I firmly believe that every parent deserves to send their child to a school that is rated good or outstanding.”
In October GCSE results showed Nottingham holds the country’s joint second lowest percentage (48.6 per cent) of pupils getting five GCSEs at A* to C including English and Maths.
