One in six secondary schools in Nottinghamshire are currently rated “outstanding” - but they are all facing a fresh inspection as Ofsted works to update grades that were handed out several years ago. The latest data available shows that, as of the end of March, ten state-run secondary schools in Nottinghamshire had been awarded Ofsted’s highest rating of “outstanding”.
They are among 551 outstanding secondary schools in England. But only 95 of those outstanding schools - and none in Nottinghamshire - have been inspected since the pandemic, from June 2021.
The rest had not been visited by Ofsted inspectors for a full graded inspection since they were first awarded the highest status - in some cases as long ago as 2007. That is mainly because outstanding primary and secondary schools were exempt from routine inspection between 2012 and 2020.
