The figures reveal nearly a quarter of councils in England scored four or five for their effectiveness at tackling racism. Five is the lowest score Ofsted inspectors can award, while one is the highest.
Overall, three fifths of schools were judged to be promoting social inclusion and supporting ethnic minority and Traveller children effectively, gaining a score of one or two.
Ofsted ranked about a third of schools as average, awarding them a score of three.
Cheryl Burton, the director of social inclusion at the National Children's Bureau, said: "All local education authorities should be thinking about these issues, not just the ones with high levels of ethnic minority children.
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