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<p>The Department has a responsibility to ensure that inspection arrangements are
proportionate and achieve an appropriate balance between school autonomy and assurance.
That is why we have asked Ofsted to increase the number of outstanding schools it
inspects this year, based on its risk assessment, so that those most at risk of decline
are inspected.</p><p>Given Ofsted inspects outstanding schools where it has specific
concerns, it is to be expected that in some cases school performance will have declined.
This demonstrates that the risk assessment process is working. Nevertheless, of the
305 risk based inspections of exempt schools undertaken by Ofsted between September
2018 and 31 March 2019, 70% were found to be outstanding or good.</p><p>Since 2017,
the Department has given every local authority more money for every pupil in every
school, and has allocated the biggest increases to those that have been most underfunded.
The Department recognises the budgeting challenges schools face and continues to support
schools to make the most of their budgets by reducing non staff costs such as energy,
water bills and materials.</p>
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