In his keynote address to the Conservative party annual conference, Michael Gove said that schools inspections should focus on evaluating teaching and learning.
Ideally, he said, schools would be assessed on four areas, as opposed to the current 18.
A Conservative party statement, issued to coincide with his speech, claimed this would benefit schools and free up Ofsted to carry out more no notice inspections.
It said: "Simplyfying the process in this way would allow schools to focus on getting the important things right, rather than worrying about ticking all the boxes."
Gove also laid out proposals to transform failing schools. He said a Conservative government would sack and replace the leadership team of any school that has been in special measures for more than a year. Failing schools would also recieve "more attention" from Ofsted.
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