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Unofficial consultation on Ofsted proposals draws overwhelming thumbs down from respondents

22 April 2025

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"Alternative Big Consultation" shows 88 per cent of respondents rejecting inspectorate's plans for report cards.

Nearly two thirds of respondents felt that the inspectorate's proposals would make the inspection system worse.

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