Sector leaders want more transparency from Ofsted around a rare reinspection process that can lead to upgraded judgments.
As confidence in how complaints are handled plunges, a Schools Week investigation has found the flagship school of Star Academies Trust, whose chief executive Sir Hamid Patel sits on the Ofsted board, won a reinspection before a proposed ‘good’ rating was published.
Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School in Blackburn was instead rated ‘outstanding’ after Ofsted revisited the school three weeks after the first inspection in October last year.
It was one of just 37 schools since September 2019 that were visited again after it was deemed more evidence was required.
