Outline of new “report card” structure for schools set out by England’s chief inspector

England’s chief inspector of schools today set out the outline of a new “report card” structure for inspection reports, which will go out to consultation later this month and is expected to go live by September.

Appearing before MPs on the Commons Education Select Committee, Sir Martyn Oliver spoke of “building” the new report cards in front of them, by essentially breaking down Ofsted’s current four judgement areas for each institution into a higher number of more detailed aspects.

The proposed new report cards, he suggested, would feature indicators on:

-The curriculum;

-Teaching/ how well teachers are being developed to deliver the curriculum;