More than a quarter-of-a-million children are being taught at under-performing secondary schools, according to official figures.
The data suggests that 11.6 per cent of state-funded mainstream schools - 346 in total - fell below the Government's minimum standards in 2018.
This means 282,603 schoolchildren are now being taught at under-performing secondaries - about 9.3 per cent.
346 state-funded mainstream schools fell below the Government's minimum standards in 2018
Schools fall below the Government's performance threshold if pupils fail to make enough progress across eight subjects, with particular weight given to English and maths.
In 2017, 365 schools fell below the floor standard, but the figures are not directly comparable.
This is because the latest data does not apply to University Technical Colleges (UTCs) or further education colleges with 14-16 provision or studio schools.
School leaders said performance tables are 'long past their sell-by date', urging the public to take into consideration the data used to compile them.
Passmores Academy in Harlow, Essex
Passmores Academy in Harlow was among the 346 state-funded mainstream secondary schools in England that did not meet the Government’s floor standard for performance in 2018.
The school students and staff became famous nine years ago when they featured in the TV show 'Educating Essex'.
The school was filmed from August 2010 to August 2011 for a Channel 4 TV documentary series on school life.
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Passmores Academy in Harlow was among the 346 state-funded mainstream secondary schools in England that did not meet the Government’s floor standard for performance in 2018 [File photo]
The school was given a 'good' rating by OFSTED inspectors in May last year. The school had around 1,000 students on roll at the time of the inspection.
OFSTED inspectors praised the school's 'rich and imaginative curriculum' and 'consistently good' teaching.
But they also noted: 'Some of the most able pupils do not achieve as well as they should because the work teachers set is not challenging enough'.
MailOnline has contacted Passmores Academy in Harlow, Essex, for comment.
Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: 'Performance tables can never tell the full story of a school and we urge parents and governors not to place too much weight on them.
'The secondary school performance tables are inherently flawed in that the headline measure of Progress 8 which is used to judge the performance of schools effectively penalises schools which have a high proportion of disadvantaged children.
'The effect of this is to stigmatise these schools, making it more difficult to recruit headteachers and teachers and demoralising pupils, parents and communities.'
He added: 'Current performance tables are long past their sell-by date.
'We urgently need fairer performance measures which better recognise the achievements of schools that teach the most vulnerable pupils.'
A secondary is considered to be below the Government's floor standard if, on average, pupils score half a grade less (-0.5) across eight GCSEs than they would have been expected to compared to pupils of similar abilities nationally.
Thursday's data, which covers every secondary in England, shows Yorkshire and Humber has the lowest proportion of under-performing schools, while the North West has the highest.
Marine Academy in Plymouth, Devon
Marine Academy in the port city of Plymouth, Devon, was among the 346 state-funded mainstream secondary schools in England that did not meet the Government’s floor standard for performance in 2018.
The academy was given an OFSTED rating of 'inadequate' following an inspection in November 2017.
The school had around 800 pupils on roll when the inspection was undertaken.
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Marine Academy in the port city of Plymouth, Devon, was given an OFSTED rating of 'inadequate' following an inspection in November 2017. OFSTED inspectors visited the school again in October, and praised the school for its improvements [File photo]
The OFSTED inspection report at the time noted: 'Leaders have failed to halt the decline in standards. In 2017, outcomes at key stage 4 were significantly below the national average'.
However, OFSTED inspectors visited the school again in October, and praised the school for its improvements.
In a letter to principal Nick Ward, the inspector wrote: 'Since the previous inspection, you have taken decisive action to address weaknesses in the quality of teaching and learning. Consequently, there have been significant changes to staffing at the beginning of this academic year, which have provided the stability needed to support further improvement.
'In addition, the school commissioned external support to ensure that the plans for improvement were sufficiently challenging. This has developed further, and a management partnership agreement has been signed with a larger multi-academy trust to provide additional capacity'.
MailOnline contacted the Marine Academy in Plymouth, Devon, for comment.
The figures also show the proportion of pupils achieving a grade 5 or above at GCSE in both English and maths has increased, from 42.6% last year to 43.3% this year.
The attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and others increased slightly, rising by 0.6% between 2017 and 2018.
The Department for Education data further reveals that 95.5% of pupils are now entering EBacc science at GCSE, up from 63.2% in 2010.
Andy Ratcliffe, CEO of education charity Impetus-PEF, said: 'Today's figures show that disadvantaged young people continue to be significantly less likely to achieve crucial GCSEs in English and maths than their better off peers.
Yorkshire and Humber has the lowest proportion of under-performing schools, while the North West had the highest
'The gap between the two has in fact widened this year.
'English and maths are essential for young people to progress to the next stage in education or into work, and we know that young people who don't achieve the grades by 16 are unlikely to catch up.'
School standards minister Nick Gibb said: 'Making sure that all pupils, regardless of their background, are able to fulfil their potential is one of this Government's key priorities and these results show that more pupils across the country are doing just that.
'It's been clear for some time that standards are rising in our schools and today's data underlines the role academies and free schools are playing in that improvement, with progress above the national average and impressive outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.'
Honywood Community Science School, Coggeshall, Essex
Honywood Community Science School in Coggeshall, Essex, was among the 346 state-funded mainstream secondary schools in England that did not meet the Government’s floor standard for performance in 2018.
The Essex school was inspected in March last year and was given an OFSTED rating of 'good'. The school had around 1,000 pupils on the school roll at the time of the inspection.
At the time, the report noted that outcomes for pupils required improvement despite a three-year trend of improving standards. The OFSTED report said that this was 'the unintended legacy of previous early entry for GCSE examinations'.
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Honywood Community Science School in Coggeshall, Essex, was inspected in March last year and was given an OFSTED rating of 'good'. The school had around 1,000 pupils on the school roll at the time of the inspection [File photo]
OFSTED inspectors said: 'In 2016, pupils, especially the most able, did not make the progress they should have made by the end of Year 11.
'Because of the legacy of early entry, against the government’s new national measure, Progress 8, pupils’ progress overall in 2016 fell below the national average. The progress of pupils in English was better than it was in mathematics and science subjects.
'In modern foreign languages, too few of the large number of pupils entered for GCSE French or German achieved a higher grade. Nevertheless, pupils’ overall unpublished 2016 ‘best entry’ examination outcomes show stronger progress than the published ‘first entry’ outcomes suggest.'
MailOnline contacted Honywood Community Science School in Coggeshall, Essex, for comment.
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The data suggests that 11.6 per cent of state-funded mainstream schools – 346 in total – fell below the Government’s minimum standards in 2018.
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