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Schools watchdog Ofsted is to focus on bringing standards up in under-performing schools up, it has announced.
The inspection body says it will reduce its assessment of schools that are already thriving to focus on schools that need to improve.
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Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw said there was 'little point' in sending in teams of inspectors every five years just to confirm that status.
Instead he proposed moving to a system where they would be subject to shorter, more frequent assessment, with full inspections reserved for schools which are
or, conversely, on the cusp of being rated '