30 March 2020 Fewer schools judged as outstanding under the new Ofsted framework

Ofsted has released data showing the results of 853 inspections between September and December 2019 showing that 77% of schools were judged as good or outstanding for overall effectiveness, which is a decrease from 80% for last year

The data shows that the percentage of schools judged as good has decreased by one percentage point compared with last year, whilst the percentage judged as outstanding has decreased by three percentage points

The new framework has a focus on the curriculum and includes the new 'quality of education' judgement