The Ofsted Report Card, under consultation from today, would replace the already scrapped single-word judgements for education providers' overall performance, with a five-point colour-coded grading scale for each evaluation area.
This would range from “causing concern” at the lowest end, through “attention needed”, “secure” and “strong’, to “exemplary”.
The new system, due in the autumn, includes an increased “focus on support for disadvantaged and vulnerable children”, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and a greater “emphasis on providers’ circumstances and local context”, according to the inspectorate.
The framework would be tailored by setting type – school, early years or further education – although all inspections will rate settings’ performance on inclusion, “making sure these children are always at the centre of inspection,” said Ofsted.
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