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The Government has announced that the one or two-word Ofsted ratings for schools will be scrapped with immediate effect.
Previously, Ofsted awarded one of four headline grades to schools: outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate.
Now, it will still inspect schools against the same standards, and the reports will continue to give details on specific aspects of how a school is performing.
The Government said the change, which follows the suicide of head teacher Ruth Perry in 2023, was needed to reduce the high stakes for schools and give parents a better picture.
Darren Northcott, the National Official for Education at NASUWT teaching union, gives his reaction to the news, explains why the scrapping of the rating is a step in the right direction, but reveals why they want more to be done.
In part two, we look at the aftermath of the Oasis reunion ticket sale with the Standard’s culture writer, Vicky Jessop.
It’s estimated millions of people gathered around their laptops, tablets and smartphones over the weekend to try and secure tickets for the band’s UK and Ireland tour dates.
But, as you no doubt either experienced yourself, or heard about through friends and family… it didn’t go to plan for everyone.
Now the Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, has revealed surge pricing would be included in a Government review of the secondary gig sales market, after calling the inflated selling of Oasis tickets “incredibly depressing”.
