Teaching ‘weak’ at 15% of secondary schools

Teaching at almost one-in-seven secondary schools is weak, inspectors have found in evaluations over the past three years.

Figures from almost 200 inspections since 2010 show that weaknesses outweigh strengths in teaching at between 11% and 15% of the schools visited, although it is unclear if the figure improved or not over the period.

The Department of Education said that only a tiny minority of these schools were identified as having significant weaknesses, a category in which teaching is ineffective or requires significant improvement.