The current judgements of Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement and Inadequate will be replaced by report cards for schools from September 2025.
It was also announced that the removal of single headline grades for early years settings, independent schools, colleges, children’s social care providers, and initial teacher training ‘will follow’.
However, while it has been confirmed that this change will also apply to early years settings the exact timescales for this have yet to be announced.
Early years organisations have called for the change to be brought in for nurseries, pre-schools and childminders as soon as possible.
Single headline grades have been removed for state schools due to be inspected this academic year to boost standards and increase transparency for parents, the Government said.
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