The figure has risen by two percentage points since the beginning of the academic year.
It comes as the number of outstanding or good schools overall – including primary, secondary, special and pupil referral units – stands at an all-time record high of 82 per cent.
Overall, 20 per cent of schools are judged to be outstanding, 62 per cent good, 16 per cent requires improvement and two per cent inadequate.
The figures for England’s 3,114 secondary schools show that 22 per cent are rated outstanding and 51 per cent are judged to be good. A further 22 per cent are requires improvement, while six per cent are inadequate.
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