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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Helen Corbett

Education Secretary defends Ofsted’s proposed grading scale as what parents want

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson after delivering a speech on school standards at the Centre For Social Justice in London (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Education Secretary has rejected criticism of plans to revamp Ofsted’s grading system for schools with a new “report card” style scale.

Bridget Phillipson said she “fundamentally” rejects the idea that giving more information on where schools need to improve is “not something that parents want”, after unions and the sister of a headteacher who took her own life following an Ofsted inspection criticised the plans.

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