Policy papers and consultations

Our approach to school and college accountability, performance tables and data reported during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 19 July 2021

• School and college accountability: 2021 to 2022 academic year

  Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, most exams and assessments did…

• School and college accountability: 2020 to 2021 academic year

  Introduction As part of steps taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,…

The information that the Department for Education (DfE) will publish in the school and college performance tables.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 22 July 2019

Consultation on Ofsted’s proposals for revisions to how it published inspection outcome statistics for maintained schools and academies.

• From: Ofsted
• Updated: 28 August 2015