“Analysis of official data revealed 24 schools had gone without inspection for more than 13 years.
There are 1,010 “outstanding” schools that have not had a visit from Ofsted in a decade – up from 296 in 2017.
The Department for Education (DfE) plans to lift an exemption on routine inspections for outstanding schools.
It has been in place since 2012 but watchdog Ofsted called for it to end amid concerns about falling standards.
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said inspecting all schools would ensure they were not “failing or at risk of decline”.
It said parents would find it harder to compare schools without recent reports available.
Meanwhile, the Labour party has said it would scrap Ofsted if it won the next general election.
There were 24 schools that had not had an inspection since September 2006, all of them graded “outstanding”.
Chart showing how long since outstanding schools were last inspected by Ofsted. …”
East Devon Watch 