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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Anna Davis

Legal row as Holland Park rated inadequate by Ofsted

Holland Park School’s Ofsted rating has been downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate”

(Picture: Daniel Hambury/Stella Pictures)

Parents at one of London’s best known state schools have threatened Ofsted with legal action after it was downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate.”

A group of parents claim the decision to rate the school as failing is “irrational”. They argue that the timing of the inspection — as the school is embroiled in a dispute over whether it should join an academy chain — amounted to an abuse of power.

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