Latest figures from the schools inspectorate for the last four months of 2009 found that 10 per cent of schools were inadequate, compared to four per cent the previous academic year.
Of the 2,140 schools inspected between September and December last year only half achieved the highest grades of "good" or "outstanding" and four out of 10 were judged as "satisfactory".
Chief schools inspector Christine Gilbert said it is unfair to compare these latest results with last year's figures as the new inspection regime has a greater focus on struggling schools.
She says that the level of schools judged to be inadequate at the end of 2009 is the same as 2005/6, when the schools inspecting regime was last changed.
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