Nursery World - DfE to review Ofsted judgements for schools graded inadequate solely on safeguarding grounds

Schools that are found to be inadequate solely on safeguarding grounds, will receive no further intervention if they can prove the safeguarding issues have been resolved quickly, the DfE has said today (19 January).

The DfE is to look into the way schools are downgraded to inadequate by Ofsted when it is safeguarding grounds alone, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

In its response to the Coroner’s Prevention of Future Deaths report, published following the inquest into the death of headteacher Ruth Perry, the Department for Education (DfE) has said it is ‘committed to avoiding future tragedies’ and will work with Ofsted to review how judgements are made for schools that are found to be inadequate solely on safeguarding grounds, as Ruth Perry’s school, Caversham, was.

It says that where safeguarding issues are shown to have been resolved quickly, no further intervention will take place.

The DfE has also announced plans to review safeguarding guidance and launch a call for evidence in the spring, asking the sector for its views on how to further support school leaders with safeguarding.

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