The Telegraph is has picked up on claims by Ofsted in their latest report that tens of thousands of bright pupils are going backwards because of a “worrying lack of scholarship” in too many secondary schools…
In its annual report, the education watchdog warned that almost two-thirds of the most able pupils in state comprehensives fail to fulfil their potential.
Ofsted found that the majority of children who achieved exceptional results in the three-Rs at primary school failed to convert them into A grades at GCSE five years later.
Almost a quarter of these pupils did not even achieve Bs in English and maths at state comprehensives, it emerged.
In a damning conclusion, the watchdog revealed that almost a third of inspections conducted in the last year “identified issues in the teaching of the most able pupils”.
It warned of a “worrying lack of scholarship permeating the culture of too many schools”…
More at: Ofsted warns state schools are failing their brightest pupils
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