"England's schools watchdog, Ofsted, is to press ahead with the introduction of its new inspection regime in November, including a colour-coded report card for parents, despite widespread opposition from headteachers and unions. An exceptional judgment will become the highest of five grades to be awarded across six different inspection areas, as first reported in the Guardian last month, as part of the overhaul prompted by the suicide of the Reading headteacher Ruth Perry after a visit by Ofsted."
"Perry's sister, Prof Julia Waters, described the changes as an overcomplicated mishmash and called on the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, to halt the rollout. This is not a new system. This is a cosmetic rebranding, tweaking and expansion of the same unreliable and punishing system as the one before. It still includes many of the risks that teachers and headteachers fear, without significant benefits or safeguards, Waters said."
Ofsted will implement a new inspection regime in November featuring a colour-coded report card and an 'exceptional' judgment as the top grade across six inspection areas. Teaching unions and school leaders say the new framework, described as a Nando's-style scorecard, is worse than the current regime and will not ease stress on headteachers and staff. Prof Julia Waters and a coalition of unions, former inspectors and mental health experts have urged the education secretary to halt the rollout. An inquest found an Ofsted inspection contributed to Ruth Perry's suicide. Ofsted says it has listened to feedback and made alterations.
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