According to a statement on the Department for Education (DfE) website, the annual ratings add "little understanding of children’s services in an area" and "are not particularly helpful in aiding improvement".
Until the annual ratings are abolished, the DfE has pledged to work with Ofsted to make sure the current inspections process is as simple and transparent as possible and does not create unnecessary burdens for local areas.
Government is also poised to revise Ofsted’s wider children’s services inspections framework, in line with "the drive for greater local accountability and freedoms".
Any revamped framework will also be informed by Professor Eileen Munro’s review of child protection and Dame Clare Tickell’s review of the Early Years Foundation Stage. These changes are set to be announced during the first half of next year.
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