UK School Ofsted Ratings: Counts for 'Requires Improvement

Government Digital Service data on the number of schools in England rated as 'Requires Improvement' by Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education. The dataset is provided in CSV format under the OGL-UK-3.0 license. This specific indicator has been discontinued.

Use Cases

• Analyze the prevalence of 'Requires Improvement' ratings across regions based on the described indicator.
• Track historical changes in school inspection outcomes based on the Ofsted rating data.
• Benchmark local authority performance using counts of schools in this rating category.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Government Digital Service.
• Released under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 open license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official Ofsted inspection reports.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

England, United Kingdom