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Q: Is it impossible to have a report card system for schools with enough detail to keep the unions happy, but enough simplicity to make it clear to parents?

Phillipson replies:

I think the system should and can do both. I think parents are more than able to process more information than is the case currently provided.

I think it’s, frankly, deeply insulting to suggest that somehow parents either don’t want or can’t understand a wider range of areas that need further improvement, or where there is real strength within the school system.

What parents will see from the new set of arrangements, from the report cards, and from what I am setting out today is much more information about what is working well within their child’s school and where there is further to go in driving improvement.