The government will step in more quickly to help struggling schools based on the findings of new Ofsted report cards, the education secretary has said. Bridget Phillipson said in a speech on Monday that the old single-word Ofsted judgements, which were scrapped last year, were "too blunt" and "too vague" to serve a purpose.

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Birmingham secondary schools inspected in 2025. Most schools still have a single-word rating although some reports now state: "From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overa

Ofsted has provided a first look at its new report cards for school inspections. The schools inspectorate for England is consulting on the new system after it scrapped single-word judgements last year.