Report
The Ofsted grade freeze
Ofsted stopped awarding overall grades in September 2024 and now grades separate aspects through report cards. Thousands of schools still carry an older one-word judgement, so the badge and the present keep drifting apart.
- Schools carrying a one-word grade
- 12,992
- Current report cards
- 2,358
- Other later inspections
- 5,441
- No published outcome
- 3,099
Every one awarded in July 2024 or earlier.
Separate aspect grades, with no overall judgement.
A report after overall grades ended, before or outside a report card.
Mostly new schools and independents inspected by ISI.
Where the picture is most frozen
| Local authority | On an old grade | Schools | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | 62 | 92 | 67% |
| Northumberland | 114 | 170 | 67% |
| Tameside | 69 | 103 | 67% |
| Swindon | 56 | 84 | 67% |
| Isle of Wight | 33 | 50 | 66% |
| York | 45 | 69 | 65% |
| Derby | 70 | 108 | 65% |
| North Northamptonshire | 94 | 146 | 64% |
| Waltham Forest | 52 | 81 | 64% |
| North Lincolnshire | 57 | 89 | 64% |
| Sefton | 71 | 111 | 64% |
| Peterborough | 53 | 83 | 64% |
| Leeds | 186 | 292 | 64% |
| Islington | 39 | 62 | 63% |
| Milton Keynes | 75 | 120 | 62% |
A grade with an old date is weaker evidence than a recent report card. Some schools showing Outstanding were last graded before a change of head, of trust, or of intake. Every school page here dates the judgement and shows current aspect grades separately rather than inventing a replacement overall score.
Computed from the same data the rest of this site serves — the DfE performance tables, the school census, Ofsted inspection outcomes, the Indices of Deprivation 2019, HM Land Registry price paid data and Census 2021. How each figure is calculated.