The majority of ‘outstanding’ primary schools inspected in the autumn 2021 term were downgraded, analysis shows.

Primary schools previously graded as “outstanding” were “more likely” to be downgraded than secondaries under the new Ofsted inspection regime, an analysis of reports published by Ofsted this week shows.

The reports, which were analysed by FFT Education Datalab, show that 84 per cent of the 68 previously “outstanding” primary schools inspected in the autumn 2021 term were downgraded.

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