MPs have published a report urging the Department for Education (DfE) and Ofsted to develop an alternative to the single-world school judgment 'as a priority'

The committee has recommended that overall judgments such as outstanding and inadequate are replaced with an alternative that better captures the complex nature of a school's performance.

As a first step, it suggested updating government websites to show a school Ofsted rating in different areas, such as quality of education and behaviour and attitudes, as well as the overall judgment.

Schools should only receive an inadequate judgment where they are fundamentally failing to keep children safe, the report added.

The recommendations come after Mrs Perry, the former headteacher of Caversham Primary School in Reading, took her own life after she was told that her school would be downgraded from the highest rating to the lowest over safeguarding concerns.

Responding to the education select committee's report, Prof Julia Waters, Mrs Perry's sister, said: My family and I can only hope that this report and its recommendations will help to bring about the change needed to prevent other tragedies from occurring in the future.

She called on Gillian Keegan, the Education Secretary, to end single-word judgments.

A DfE spokesperson said: We have worked closely with Ofsted to make significant changes to ensure inspections help to keep children safe, while also prioritizing the wellbeing of school leaders, including by recently expanding our wellbeing support for teachers.