Number of schools newly rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ in decline
According to official statistics, the proportion of school being newly rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted has dropped significantly.
Published by the inspectorate, the data shows that the number of full inspections resulting in a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ grade was 63 per cent in the 2015-16 academic year, but has also declined to 49 per cent in the current academic year, up to March 2017.
In addition, the proportion of schools that were told they required improvement which have improved to ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ has fallen by 11 percentage points since last year.
Between 1 September 2016 and 31 March 2017, 29 per cent of short inspections of schools previously rated "good" converted to full inspections – a decrease from the 35 per cent of inspections that converted in 2015-16.
Also, 60 per cent of this year’s converted inspections resulted in schools’ rating declining to less than "good", compared with 46 per cent in 2015-16.
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