Martyn Oliver on Ofsted reform: 8 things we learned
More from this theme Recent articles Ofsted chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver said new report cards will provide “high information” but have “more proportionate stakes” for school leaders. Appearing in front of the education committee today, he also talked about what the report cards will cover, proposed new safeguarding checks and his concerns over the special educational needs system. Here’s your Schools Week round-up of the best bits … 1. Report cards: ‘high information, more proportionate stakes’ A consultation on introducing school report cards in September will launch this month. Oliver said that one-word Ofsted judgements are “low information and high stakes”. “I think we can move to high information and more proportionate stakes, and still raise accountability and still tell parents very clearly the performance of schools,” he told MPs. He said schools will retain their one-word judgements until they have been reinspected under the new report card system. On the consultation, he said it will “present a proposed model…it will ask questions about those proposals, if people think the way of reporting is …
