The problem with 'headlines' with emotive terms like 'soar' is that it is necessary to actually read the full report to read what is really behind such attention grabbing headlines

The article posted by Dave points out that the increase in schools judged to be 'inadequate' in some way (not necessarily the standard of teaching) have increased to 7.5% of all schools inspected, compared with 4% six months ago

However an explanation for this apparent 'increase' is also given by Ofsted

"it is important to note that the new inspections have been focusing more on weaker schools and THIS COULD BE EXPECTED TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON OVERALL OUTCOMES"

"Under the new arrangements, outstanding and good schools are now only inspected once within a five-year period, satisfactory schools are inspected every three years, and inadequate schools are visited regularly until they make the improvements necessary.
We have also made it clear that every time an inspection framework is revised, expectations are raised too."

My apologies for introducing despised facts

Thank you