Ofsted insists it has been consistent in handling this year's annual performance assessments and denies any confusion. But minutes of a meeting held between chief inspector Christine Gilbert and the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) tell a different story.
Today (12 December) Gilbert will be quizzed by MPs on Parliament's Children's, Schools and Families Committee, where she will face searching questions about the assessments as part of a bi-annual report from Ofsted to the committee. The committee's chair, Labour MP Barry Sheerman, said: "If there are inconsistencies they have to be explained."
The annual performance assessment (APA) inspects children's services, with councils given a grade based upon the findings. But CYP Now has learnt that this year some inspectors used data from 2006/07, while others gleaned more up-to-date data.
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