"Off-rolling is wrong", says Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman in her Annual Report. That's great, of course, and about time. But - spoiler alert - the solution is in her own hands.
First, though, it must be said that there has been plenty of evidence of off-rolling for many years. Back in 2004, when I was an education director, I took action against a "successful" headteacher for off-rolling and associated practices - she was disciplined by the national panel but, I regret to say, was not banned.
The 2013 RSA report ‘Between the Cracks' dealt primarily with in-year admissions but the evidence of off-rolling is clear.
It's also worth saying that:
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