The schools watchdog said there had been a sharp decline in inspection outcomes for smaller, fee-paying schools, in particular faith schools. Latest figures show 49% of private faith schools inspected by Ofsted were judged less than good at their most recent inspection and 26% were inadequate. The details were released as part of Ofsted’s roundup of inspections of non-association independent schools – smaller, fee-paying schools not part of groups affiliated to the Independent Schools Council. But while independent special schools, which make up 40% of the group, have made progress, the decline in outcomes for other independent schools including faith schools is described as “stark”, with the proportion judged good or outstanding down from 79% in 2014 to 60%. Independent special schools are, in contrast, making strong progress, with 78% judged good or outstanding, up from 74% in 2014, while only 9% were judged inadequate compared with 19% of other independent schools.

Source: The Guardian November 23, 2017 18:02 UTC