The introduction of the revised Ofsted inspection framework in January has led to a seven per cent drop in schools being judged as “outstanding” and a three per cent rise in “inadequate” judgements.
However, there has been a sharp spike in the number of secondary schools judged to be outstanding in the last quarter for which figures are available.
Ofsted this week released statistics for the April to June 2012 period of inspections, meaning figures are now available for the first six months of Sir Michael Wilshaw’s regime as chief inspector.
They show that between January and March, only 17 secondary schools managed to gain the outstanding judgement – five per cent of the 316 inspected.
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