Responding to the announcement that Ofsted’s single word judgements will be scrapped, Rachael Wardell, ADCS Vice President, said:
“ADCS has long raised concerns about the use of single word judgements as they can only ever tell a partial story and may be unjustly negative. Equally, an outstanding judgement awarded some years ago does not mean every pupil today has a high quality experience or that all children’s outcomes will be exceptional.
“We welcome this move and look forward to working with government on the report card approach in the coming months across all domains of Ofsted’s work. Using one word, or a short phrase, to describe a school, a children’s social care department or an entire system in the case of SEND, does not make sense.”
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