The inspectorate's Annual Report for 2015/16 found that the overall quality of primary and secondary schools has improved, but the North and the Midlands has fallen further behind the rest of the country.
Overall, the proportion of good and outstanding primary schools has risen from 69 per cent to 90 per cent in five years. Secondary schools have improved, with 78 per cent now rated either "good" or "outstanding".
However, the proportion of pupils who achieved highly by the end of primary school who then went on to achieve A or A* in their GCSEs in the North and Midlands was six percentage points lower than in the rest of the country
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