Dubious claim of rise in school standards

‘In 2012, Ofsted changed the “satisfactory” rating to “requires improvement” – a clear shift in language and tone, making the third category far more damning and lowering the standard of the second category.’ Photograph: Dave Thompson/PAIn her article (3 September) on the abuses and misjudgments of Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings in their time in the education department, Fiona Millar mentions an oft-used “fact” about the Conservative refor