Labour pledges to overhaul England’s school ratings with ‘report card’
by Richard Adams Education editor from World news | The Guardian on (#69PF2)
Shadow education secretary to announce policy aimed at giving parents more information than Ofsted's current system
School ratings such as outstanding and inadequate would be scrapped in England under a Labour government and replaced with a report card" aimed at helping parents, the shadow education secretary is to announce.
Bridget Phillipson will tell a headteachers' conference in Birmingham on Saturday that Ofsted's current system of ratings is high stakes for staff but low information for parents" because it fails to convey important details about a school's strengths and weaknesses.
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