Ofsted single-word judgments on schools must end, say MPs

Committee calls on government to heed widespread concern and consider a more nuanced inspection system

The government should stop the use of single-word judgments such as inadequate" or outstanding" in Ofsted's headline grades of schools in England, a committee of MPs has urged.

MPs on the education committee said relations between Ofsted and teachers had become extremely strained", with trust in the watchdog worryingly low" in the wake of the headteacher Ruth Perry's suicide last year after a traumatic inspection.