Inspectors were sent in to Derby City local authority last month as part of a nationwide campaign by Ofsted to establish why there are such huge variations in education standards across the country, as outlined in the chief inspector’s annual report last year.
However, inspectors found that four out of 10 Derby schools randomly chosen had improved since their last inspection, and two had sustained their overall good judgement.
Three previously judged as satisfactory were still found to be requiring improvement.
Inspectors found that the local authority had made efforts to promote higher standards, and performance data was being used well to provide challenge by school improvement officers.
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