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Schools: Preston

Answer

This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply has been placed in the House Libraries.Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 19 January 2010:"Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for response.""Prior to September 2005 inspections were carried out under the school inspection frameworks commonly known as Section 10. Since September 2005, inspections have been carried out under the school inspection frameworks commonly known as Section 5.""Under the current and previous inspection frameworks, Ofsted inspections do not use the term 'failing'. Instead, if inspectors judge that a school's overall effectiveness is inadequate or very poor, the school will be placed into a category of concern. Under Section 10 these categories were called 'serious weaknesses' and ""'special measures'. Under Section 5 the categories are called 'notice to improve' and 'special measures'. This response takes into account any school in the parliamentary constituency of Preston which has been placed into any category of concern since September 1997.""Of all the inspections carried out by Ofsted in maintained schools in Preston between September 1997 and August 2009, sixteen have resulted in the school being placed in a category of concern. One school has been placed into a category of concern on two separate occasions and so appears twice in the figures. Three of the fifteen schools affected closed before being removed from the category of concern. The remaining twelve have all been removed from any category following a reinspection. As at the end of August 2009, no school in Preston was in a category of concern. Table A below provides a list of the individual schools.""A copy of this reply has been sent to Vernon Coaker MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners and will be placed in the library of both Houses."

URN	School name	Phase	Inspection framework	Category of concern	Date removed from the category
119229	Eldon Primary School	Primary	Section 10	Special measures	5 February 2001
119603	Preston St. Matthew's Church of England Primary School	Primary	Section 10	Special measures	4 June 2001
119430	St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston	Primary	Section 10	Serious weakness	10 September 2001
119700	St. Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Preston	Primary	Section 10	Serious weakness	5 November 2001
119804	The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School	Primary	Section 10	Serious weakness	20/05/2002
119354	Ribbleton Avenue Methodist Junior School	Primary	Section 10	Special measures	9 December 2002
119709	City of Preston High School	Secondary	Section 10	Serious weakness	12 May 2003
119333	Fishwick Primary School	Primary	Section 10	Special measures	30 June 2003
119866	Moorbrook School	Special	Section 5	Notice to improve	29 February 2008
119743	Walton le Dale Arts College and High School	Secondary	Section 5	Notice to improve	20 May 2008
119709	City of Preston High School	Secondary	Section 5	Special measures	23 April 2009
119237	The Roebuck School	Primary	Section 5	Notice to improve	24 June 2009
119608	St. Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, Preston	Primary	Section 5	Notice to improve	7 July 2009
119443	St. Wilfrid's RC Primary School	Primary	Section 10	Special measures	Closed
119365	Bamber Bridge St. Saviour's Church of England Primary School	Primary	Section 10	Serious weakness	Closed
119105	Preston Tutorial Centre	PRU	Section 10	Special measures	Closed

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

508 c752-4W; 311240

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Standards Schools Preston

Link

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