'Relief' over proposed Ofsted report changes

THE sister of a headteacher who killed herself following a damning Ofsted report has welcomed changes to the system.

Single-phrase grades for schools in England are being scrapped with immediate effect because they don't capture "the entire essence of a school", said Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson.

She said the death of headteacher Ruth Perry made the need for reform "absolutely clear". Mrs Perry took her own life after an Ofsted report downgraded her Reading primary school from its highest rating, 'outstanding, to its lowest rating, 'inadequate, over safeguarding concerns.

Schools will no longer be issued with one of four headline grades for overall effectiveness-outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate when inspected.