A lack of good enough wi-fi is putting England’s school pupils at risk of “missing out”, new figures suggest.

Valerie Thompson of the E-Learning Foundation has said that schools need fully accessible wi-fi if they are to embrace digital learning in all subjects.

The British Educational Suppliers Association (Besa) added that only a quarter of schools achieve this.

The data, compiled by market research company C3 Education on behalf of Besa, comes from surveys of a representative panel of some 600 state schools across England.

Of 250 secondary schools, some 22% said they had wi-fi in most or all classrooms, 39% had it in some classrooms, leaving 39% with wi-fi in only a few or no classrooms.

Of 350 primary schools some 28% had wi-fi in most or all classrooms, 22% had it in some classrooms, leaving half of all schools (50%) with wi-fi in only a few or no classrooms.

"It's vital to a 21st Century learning environment," said Ms Thompson.

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