Results will once again be the “starting point on inspection”, Ofsted has said after grades returned to pre-pandemic standards.
Primary school accountability guidance for this year notes that the watchdog used 2021-22 outcomes “with caution” solely to “inform discussion” with schools about pupil outcomes.
But 2022-23 data will be used to inform inspection in the “normal way” as a “starting point on inspection”, recently updated guidance states.
Ofsted also confirmed that secondary performance data from this summer will be used in the same way.
