Scrapping single-phrase Ofsted judgments would lead to civil servants, politicians and the media “drawing their own conclusions” about education providers from the narrative in reports, the government has warned.
The Department for Education this week rejected calls from the Parliamentary education committee for the four overall effectiveness judgments to be scrapped.
MPs said in January that a more “nuanced” alternative to the “totemic” judgments should be developed as a “priority”, following the death of headteacher Ruth perry.
A coroner ruled in December that an Ofsted inspection at Caversham Primary School contributed to her suicide.
