Ofsted has told MPs that its new framework will allow inspectors to take off-rolling and high rates of exclusions into account when forming judgements on schools.

The inspectorate has set out plans to provide more training for inspectors to allow them to investigate and identify whether schools are removing pupils from their rolls in their final year before sitting exams.

Ofsted highlighted its plans to do more to tackle off-rolling in its response to a Commons Education Select Committee report into forgotten children and rising exclusions.

Earlier this year, Ofsted said that it had identified around 300 schools across the country with particularly high levels of “off-rolling” of pupils between Years 10 and 11.

The select committee’s report recommended that the Department for Education and Ofsted introduce an inclusion measure to “incentivise schools to be more inclusive”.

Ofsted is set to launch a new inspection framework next year which will place more emphasis on a school’s curriculum and will give less weight to exam and test results.

The inspectorate told the select committee that it is reviewing whether this new framework can give incentives for schools to be inclusive and ensure pupils complete their course of study.

In its response to the committee, Ofsted said: “We already have plans for all inspectors to have further training in identifying and investigating off-rolling during inspection, so that inspectors know what to ask leaders if they suspect off-rolling.

“The new education inspection framework will enable us to better take off-rolling and exclusion into account in forming our judgements.

“By focusing on the quality of education, the new framework will ensure Ofsted plays its proper role in complementing performance tables. Rather than further intensifying pressure on qualitative metrics.”

Last week, chief inspector Amanda Spielman said that Ofsted’s plans for a new framework were a “warning shot across the bows” of schools which are getting successful results the wrong way.

She also told heads at a Schools North East summit that the new framework would reduce teachers’ workload.