Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Nash on 24 November (HL Deb, col 2046), (1) how Ofsted inspectors categorise incidents of bullying, discriminatory and prejudicial behaviour, either direct or indirect, including racist, sexist, disability and homophobic bullying, use of derogatory language, and racist incidents, in relation to the wider assessment of the school; (2) what specific measures and actions Ofsted recommends after such incidents are recorded; and (3) how progress is monitored and recorded.

This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. I have asked him to write to you and a copy of his reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.