Publication Source

Ofsted’s Amanda Spielman was characteristically bullish this week about the inspectorate’s downgrading of hundreds of ‘outstanding’ schools that were previously exempt from inspection.

“The exemption was a policy founded on the hope that high standards, once achieved, would never drop, and that freedom from inspection might drive them even higher. These outcomes show that removing a school from scrutiny does not make it better,” she declared.

For good measure Ofsted’s press release reminded us that some of the schools concerned were last inspected as long as 15 years ago.

EdCentral Logo