Fifty-five per cent of secondary schools in the most deprived parts of England do not achieve thirty per cent of children getting five good GCSEs including English and maths - the government's official benchmark for a failing school.
In the 10 per cent richest areas only three per cent of secondary schools are officially "failing".
The statistics come from A Failed Generation - Educational Inequality under Labour, which was published today (Friday) by the Conservative Party. The document aims to outline the divide in achievement between the most well-off children and their less well-off peers.
Shadow children's secretary Michael Gove said: "The government's attempts to close the widening gap between rich and poor have failed. These figures highlight yet again that children from less well-off backgrounds do not get the same opportunities as others.
"We urgently need to address the widening gap between rich and poor. We want to allow good new schools to set up in poor areas - based on the successful Swedish model - so that every parent gets the opportunity for their child that is currently only open to the rich."
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