Why a good Ofsted report can be bad for GCSE results

Children whose families receive positive news about their school perform significantly worse in exams, according to study

Health warning: positive Ofsted ratings may damage GCSE results.

This is the shock finding of a study conducted by four universities and two thinktanks which found that parents with children in schools that have received a better-than-expected Ofsted report are much more likely to reduce how much they help their children with their homework. This, in turn, could have a damaging impact on their children’s GCSE results.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2VK0LTw