A Labour government will consult on scrapping Ofsted’s current grading system and replacing it with a new “report card” for schools if it wins the next election.
Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson announced the move at the annual conference of school leaders’ union ASCL today, pledging to bring about a “wind of change to our education system”.
Labour would look to replace the current system, which grades schools between ‘outstanding’ and ‘inadequate’, with a report card which would offer parents information on a school’s performance.
But the move would be subject to consultation with both teachers and parents.
