India, Sept. 9 -- Inspectors will award grades on a 5-point scale across a wider range of areas, providing parents with more granularity and nuance about a provider's performance and helping to raise standards for children and learners.
The very best practice across early years (EY), schools, further education (FE) and skills, and initial teacher education (ITE) will be recognised with a new 'exceptional' grade - indicating other providers could learn from it.
Independent polling from YouGov showed strong parental support for the new approach to grading. Almost 7 out of 10 of parents surveyed said they prefer the new-look report cards to Ofsted's current inspection reports. Just 15% said they preferred the old system. And nearly 9 out of ...