The education watchdog has published proposals to change the way it inspects early years settings, schools and further education and skills providers.
This includes introducing a "quality of education" judgment, and lowering the emphasis on schools' internal performance data as inspection evidence.
Ofsted is consulting on the proposals, which also sets out plans to introduce separate judgments about learners' "personal development".
These would recognise how education settings build young people's resilience and confidence through activities such as cadet forces, the National Citizenship Service, sports, drama or debating teams.
A new "behaviour and attitudes" judgment will assess whether schools are creating a calm, well-managed environment free from bullying.
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