Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman defended the use of Ofsted's controversial grading policy, which some claim puts teachers under unfair levels of stress. Ofsted has been criticised over the policy, which some claim puts pupils under undue influence, linking it to the death of primary school headteacher Ruth Perry in January. Ms Perry's sister, Julia Waters, said the organisation's response showed it was "insensitive to the situation and deaf to the urgency of the calls for change". Ofsted will now seek to quickly re-evaluate schools that perform well in other categories, but inspectors will not be "soft on safeguarding".

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