Nursery World - Labour outlines plans to reform Ofsted

Labour's shadow education secretary has announced plans to replace Ofsted grades for schools with a new report card should the party win the next general election.

Labour says it will consult on plans to bring in a report card for schools rather than Ofsted grades, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

Shadow education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, said the aim of the report card would be to better enable parents to get an understanding of where a school is performing well, where they can do better,and the areas in which the school is improving.

In a speech to the Association of School and College leaders on the weekend, Phillipson said that ‘parents and schools deserve better than a system that is high stakes staff, but low information for parents’.

It follows research by the University of Southampton and UCL which found ‘significant inconsistencies’ in the grades Ofsted inspectors have been awarding to schools, with researchers warning that the current framework for inspections is ‘more subjective’ than before.

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