Only a third of ‘outstanding’ grammar schools inspected since 2021 have kept an unconditional top grade, casting doubts on calls to revive selection.
Schools downgraded include the Weald of Kent, which was controversially allowed to open a satellite site in 2015.
Ofsted’s new inspection framework, coupled with the lifting of a previous inspection exemption for outstanding schools, has led to large numbers being downgraded.
Grammar schools are more likely to be rated ‘outstanding’, but have not escaped the crackdown.
