Ofsted v The Secretary of State for Education: CA 21 Dec 2018

OFSTED complaints procedure was adequate

A school subject to an adverse report by OFSTED, complained that the procedure offered no proper opportunity to challenge the report. OFSTED now appealed against a finding that the procedure was inadequate.
Held: The appeal succeeded. It was necessary to consider the entire process, and not just the element following the issue of the report. The production of the report had considerable continuing feedback from any school involved. Additional facilities were allowed for schools subject to more serious findings, and this difference in treatment was justified.

Sir Terence Etherton MR, Hamblen, Green LJJ
[2018] EWCA Civ 2813, [2019] WLR(D) 15
Bailii, WLRD
Education Act 2005
England and Wales

Education, Administrative

Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.632680