HC Deb 11 June 1998 vol 313 c698W
Mr. Fraser

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools in England were placed into the special measures category following OFSTED inspections in 1997. [44697]

Mr. Byers

In 1997, 242 schools in England were judged by HMCI to require special measures. Five of those schools no longer require special measures and five have been closed.