@rcolvile Inspection outcome %ages have always been far more a product of political expediency than objective educational judgement. It’s a brave or foolhardy minister who wants to see Ofsted outcomes decline on their watch.
@rcolvile Outcomes just returning to mid/late 2010s levels before ‘toughened’ new framework and suggestions from ministers that there were too many ‘outstanding’ schools. Always said that < 10% being grade 1 wasn’t going to work as majority could never then aspire to be outstanding.