The 31 Yorkshire schools that lost their Outstanding ratings after first Ofsted inspections in a decade - including popular comprehensive rated Inadequate and village primaries
More than 30 primary and secondary schools in Yorkshire lost their Outstanding ratings after being inspected by Ofsted for the first time in a decade.
The inspections of top-rated schools have been criticised by teachers who feared Ofsted were downgrading grammar schools where pupils had already been selected for their ability.
Around 80 per cent of schools nationally that were previously Outstanding now have a lower rating, according to The Telegraph.
In Yorkshire, sought-after Harrogate comprehensive St Aidan’s C of E High was given the lowest Inadequate rating during a 2021 visit, as was village school Naburn C of E Primary near York. Several others have been deemed to require improvement.
St Aidan's C of E High in Harrogate was rated Inadequate in 2021 during its first inspection since 2012 - but has since been upgraded to Good following another Ofsted visit this year
Ofsted has released the data for schools visited in 2021, but this month results were published for Skipton’s two selective grammar schools, which were both inspected in 2022 for the first time since 2008 and went from Outstanding to Good.
St Aidan’s was re-inspected in May and upgraded to Good, but Naburn remains Inadequate following a monitoring visit in June.
Between 2012 and 2020, schools judged Outstanding were revisited only if specific concerns were raised.
The full list of Yorkshire schools to have had their Outstanding rating downgraded are:-
