Pupil wellbeing should be inspected as a category in Ofsted鈥檚 new report cards to provide parents with more nuanced information, a think tank has said. The Education Policy Institute is calling for a 鈥榝airer and more holistic approach鈥� to measuring school effectiveness. In a report, published today, the thinktank said government should consider wellbeing as a data point for school performance and monitoring children鈥檚 mental health. It comes as the government plans to replace single-phrase Ofsted judgments with a new report card system and framework telling parents how well schools are performing. However the report states: 鈥淚f school support for pupil wellbeing were to be part of the accountability system, we would need to consider whether the burden it places on schools is reasonable and whether the information it generates should be publicly available or should remain private to the school.鈥� There are no current measures of pupil wellbeing available in government data. The EPI is calling for the government to model data similar to the #BeeWell survey, an annual wellbeing survey of secondary school. The survey, which has run since 2021, has been completed by more than 85,000 young people in nearly 300 schools across two regions of England: Greater Manchester and the South East. EPI has also . The thinktank argues current performance measures by Ofsted provide a 鈥榙isincentive鈥� to schools being inclusive for all pupils. It suggests its 鈥榖enchmarking tool鈥� is key for reevaluating school performance. Jon Andrews, EPI鈥檚 director for school system and performance, said: 鈥淭he accountability system does not paint a fair picture of school effectiveness. 鈥淪chools serving disadvantaged communities are far more likely to be labelled as underperforming, and performance measures can act as a disincentive to be inclusive for all pupils. 鈥淭he system is in need of urgent reform.鈥� He said their benchmarking tool 鈥渢hat capture pupil outcomes and progress, pupil inclusion and workforce and financial management, provide a blueprint for the development of the new school report card.鈥� However, unions say there are too many influences beyond a school鈥檚 control for measuring wellbeing which, while well intended, are 鈥渇raught with dangers鈥�. Paul Whiteman, general secretary at school leaders鈥� union NAHT, added 鈥渨e should be careful not to assume that there is some form of data 鈥榟oly grail鈥� out there. 鈥淒ata is only ever one part of the picture and should never be looked at in isolation. 鈥淭he government鈥檚 decision to move away from crude single-word Ofsted judgements has laid the foundations for a move to a more reliable, nuanced inspection system.鈥� A Department for Education spokesperson said:聽鈥淭he need for Ofsted reform to drive high and rising standards for all our children in every school is overwhelmingly clear.聽 鈥淭he introduction of report cards will provide parents with a much clearer and broader picture of how schools are performing. 鈥淲e will continue to work with Ofsted to ensure these reforms support our mission to give pupils the best start in life.鈥� Ofsted declined to comment.