Speaking at the Children’s Homes Association (CHA) conference in central London, Sir Martyn Oliver told delegates he would be publishing a report “in a few weeks” which “heavily focuses” on a shift away from single-word ratings.
The comments came as he was asked if he would support scrapping Ofsted’s one-word judgments for schools and children's services providers following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry last year.
Oliver told CHA members that when he was appointed as chief inspector last autumn, he took up the position “knowing a general election was imminent”.
“I knew the ‘blue’ scenario and I knew the ‘red’ scenario,” he said, alluding to plans laid out by the then-Conservative government and the Labour Party.
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