Claim: A million more pupils are in good or outstanding schools in England than five years ago.
Fact-check: A million more pupils in good or outstanding schools? Not just a simple story of school improvement - Full Fact
Verdict: correct. this progress is partly due to ofsted's changing inspection practice - which refined what was expected of schools and placed a greater emphasis on inspecting schools which fell below this expectation.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Amy Sippitt
Date published: 2015-10-08T00:00:00