Consultation outcome

Changes to Ofsted’s statistical reporting of inspection outcomes for maintained schools and academies

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Changes to Ofsted’s statistical reporting of inspection outcomes for maintained schools and academies: A report on the responses to the recent consultation

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Detail of outcome

We received 162 responses to the formal consultation. The majority of respondents supported our proposals and as a result changes will be made to the way inspection results of schools are presented in our statistical releases. The changes are as follows:

  • grades of predecessor schools will now be included and shown as a new line in some charts
  • university technical colleges and studio schools will be shown on their own line
  • we will refer to ‘state-funded schools’ rather than ‘maintained schools and academies’

This report sets out the findings of the consultation and explains the changes that will be made.


Original consultation

Summary

Ofsted would like your views on proposals to change the way we report statistics on inspection outcomes for maintained schools and academies.

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Consultation description

This consultation seeks your views on proposed new arrangements for the reporting of maintained school and academy inspection outcomes, namely:

  • making the data more comprehensive and accessible
  • changing the presentation of some of the aggregated analysis
  • minor changes to releases to improve naming and usability

The consultation document and questionnaire

The consultation questionnaire can be found at the back of the consultation document. The document is available in two formats:

  • the Word version of the questionnaire can be filled in by hand or on your computer
  • the PDF version of the questionnaire can be filled in by hand

You can also download the consultation document in either format and then complete the online questionnaire.

Documents

Changes to Ofsted's statistical reporting of inspection outcomes for local authority maintained schools and academies

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Changes to Ofsted's statistical reporting of inspection outcomes for local authority maintained schools and academies

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Published 30 November 2017
Last updated 15 March 2018 + show all updates
  1. Consultation response published.

  2. First published.