Ofsted is refusing to publish data showing how many people support its new report card inspections, despite pledging transparency over the high-profile reforms. The watchdog revealed its final plan for the cards this week after making tweaks such as renaming grades and merging evaluation areas. The changes follow an initial public consultation. Unions say the plans, which will be rolled out in November, are 鈥渕uch worse鈥 than previous inspections and will only heap 鈥渕ore pressure鈥 on leaders. Teachers鈥 support for ditching headline grades has also plunged after details of the alternative have emerged. The top of a report card The watchdog received more than 6,500 responses to its consultation, 75 per cent of which were from education professionals. Twenty per cent were from parents and carers. However, the inspectorate only provided a narrative summary of the responses in, published on Tuesday. 鈥Completely unacceptable鈥 The consultation had 102 鈥渙pen-ended鈥 questions. Ofsted鈥檚 summary revealed each was given a 鈥渟entiment code to indicate the overarching sentiment: positive, negative, mixed, neutral or irrelevant鈥. Responses were also given a 鈥渢hematic鈥 code to help Ofsted 鈥渋dentify recurrent themes鈥. When asked for a summary of this data, an Ofsted spokesperson said its consultation response was 鈥渧ery clear that we received a wealth of rich and varied feedback 鈥 all of which we took into account as we designed the renewed framework. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not publishing any further breakdown.鈥 Meanwhile, the inspectorate has been accused of leaning heavily on a smaller poll of parents’ views, which it said “showed strong parental support” for its plans. Pepe Di鈥橧asio, the general secretary of the leaders鈥 union ASCL, said it was 鈥渃ompletely unacceptable鈥 that Ofsted had not published a quantitative analysis of its consultation. Pepe DiIasio 鈥淐omplete transparency鈥 was needed to 鈥渟ee in full鈥 sector reactions to the 鈥渄eeply problematic鈥 proposals. Paul Whiteman, the general secretary of the NAHT, also accused the inspectorate of avoiding 鈥渃lear, multiple-choice style questions鈥 on purpose to avoid 鈥減roper analysis of the level of support for, or opposition to, its proposals鈥. In its , Ofsted said the plans 鈥済enerated a mixed and sometimes negative reaction鈥. Teachers welcomed 鈥渞emoving the overall effectiveness grade鈥 and 鈥済reater nuance and detail in the report cards鈥. However, it 鈥渁lso heard many concerns鈥 about the proposed reporting system. Teachers backed a more narrative-based report, or a “met or not met鈥 grading system. Meanwhile, 鈥渙rganisations representing school professionals鈥ad a strong negative reaction鈥. Sir Martyn Oliver, the chief inspector, has previously pledged to be 鈥渙pen and transparent鈥 over the reforms, with 鈥渘othing hidden from the system鈥. Whiteman said publishing the data was an 鈥渋mportant test of that commitment鈥. Polls suggest dismay Polls suggest growing dismay in the sector. In February, a Teacher Tapp survey showed 75 per cent of teachers supported removing single-word headline grades. But that plunged to 36 per cent this week after Ofsted published its finalised plans. The percentage who had 鈥渕ixed feelings鈥 about moving from one-word grades also soared from 19 to 44 per cent. Sir Martyn Oliver While unrepresentative, polls from the NAHT and the National Education Union showed about 90 per cent of respondents opposed the plans. Most also wanted the inspectorate to pause its plans 鈥 which they believe will not allow for reliable assessment of schools. Inspections will restart in November, initially for volunteer schools. But Ofsted said Oliver 鈥渉ad a positive call鈥 with 900 school leaders this week and it 鈥渓ooks forward to working with sector organisations in the months ahead to ensure a safe and secure introduction of the renewed framework鈥.