Ofsted has axed single-phrase judgements for schools in a move that has been welcomed by critics of the education watchdog’s controversial assessment system. Here, Phil Karnavas, who led the Canterbury Academy for 27 years until his retirement in 2017, gives his own damning verdict on the regulator – which he believes should be scrapped altogether… A recent GOV.UK press release thundered, ‘Single headline Ofsted grades scrapped in landmark school reform’. Boom! At a stroke, no school is ‘requiring improvement’ or ‘inadequate’. But equally, no school is ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’. Take those adver…
