Existing category ratings show how each Watford secondary school's report may look after single-phrase Ofsted grades are axed.
The government announced that schools in England will no longer be given one of four judgments for overall effectiveness – such as outstanding or requires improvement – when inspected.
From next September, parents will instead be able to view a “report card” so they have a more detailed assessment.
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The report cards' content will be developed "over the coming months", while schools inspected this year will receive a rating in all four existing subcategories - quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership.
“Ofsted inspection reports already contain these subcategories, so parents will be able to compare schools by looking at how they perform in each of these areas,” the Department for Education added.
"Schools that have an existing grade will keep it until their next inspection."
See how each of Watford’s secondary schools’ reports would look if done under the new system below:
Ratings show results in each category at the latest full inspection. Short inspections do not provide category ratings.
Where a school has not had a full inspection for a longer period the individual categories rated at that time may not directly match with one of the four areas set to be graded (shown here as N/A).
Where possible, the closest matching category has been used (i.e quality of education - quality of teaching)
Watford Grammar School for Boys
Quality of education: Outstanding
Behaviour: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership: Outstanding
Watford Grammar School for Girls
Quality of education: Outstanding
Behaviour: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership: Outstanding
Westfield Academy (Last given a full inspection as Westfield Community Technology College)
Quality of education: N/A
Behaviour: Good
Personal development: N/A
Leadership: Good
Saint Michael’s Catholic High School
Quality of education: Outstanding
Behaviour: Outstanding
Personal development: N/A
Leadership: Outstanding
Parmiter’s School
Quality of education: Good
Behaviour: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership: Outstanding
Future Academies Watford
Quality of education: Requires Improvement
Behaviour: Requires Improvement
Personal development: Good
Leadership: Requires Improvement
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