ALMOST 90 per cent of secondary schools in York were rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted.

89 per cent of York secondary schools and 87 per cent of the city’s primary schools are classed as ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, according to the latest inspections.

The figures will be presented to City of York Council’s Learning and Culture Overview and Scrutiny Committee tomorrow together with other schools’ data for 2014.

The data shows that results for children at the end of their reception school year (age 5) placed York in the top 20 per cent of local authorities in the country.

Key Stage 4 results (age 16) put York as the best performing authority in the region and 20th out of 152 authorities nationally, based on pupils gaining 5A*-C including English and maths on the new first entry performance measure. However, the gap between the most disadvantaged pupils and their peers at Key Stage 4 increased.

Jon Stonehouse, Director of Children’s Services, Education and Skills, City of York Council, said: “A key focus is narrowing the gap between the attainment of the city’s most disadvantaged young people and their peers to enable all young people in York to fulfil their potential. Although work is ongoing, I’m encouraged by the reduction in the gap at age five and hope to see this trend continue in the future.”