Amanda Spielman steps down at the end of this month after seven years at Ofsted, leaving an education system with more schools rated ‘good’ or better.
But how much of the change during her tenure as chief inspector is due to genuine school improvement, and how much is down to changes to inspection?
FFT Education Datalab shared its latest analysis with Schools Week.
Datalab compared the grade profile of all schools in December 2016, just before Spielman took over, with the most recent grade profile in November 30 this year.