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Top trust could lose primary academy if more schools fall to ‘inadequate’
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Apr 2, 2019
5 musings on the new Ofsted Inspection Framework
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Apr 1, 2019
Don't ditch internal data in inspections
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Apr 1, 2019
What does Ofsted really want to see from school curricula?
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Apr 1, 2019
Ofsted suspends publishing MAT inspections during election purdah
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Apr 1, 2019
Where are Ofsted's school inspection changes heading?
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Apr 1, 2019
77% of re-inspected ‘outstanding’ schools degraded
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Mar 28, 2019
Ofsted: Just 23% of reinspected outstanding schools kept their grade
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Mar 28, 2019
Ofsted rows back on judging schools' EBacc progress
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Mar 26, 2019
Ofsted could give schools extra time to develop curriculum
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Mar 26, 2019
Grassroots heads' groups' damning verdict on Ofsted plans
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Mar 26, 2019
Ofsted removed LGBT concerns from published report
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Mar 25, 2019
Need to know: How struggling schools get support
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Mar 25, 2019
It’s time to tell Ofsted what you think
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Mar 24, 2019
Some things are more important than Ofsted
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Mar 22, 2019
Ofsted: Primaries teaching the national curriculum have nothing to fear
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Mar 20, 2019
Wales: Radyr Primary School pupil behaviour is 'exemplary' says Estyn inspection report
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Mar 20, 2019
Ofsted’s thinking on Cultural Capital - some concerns and questions
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Mar 20, 2019
Ofsted could stop reporting on frequency of bullying in schools
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Mar 19, 2019
Small ‘good’ schools may get exemption from longer inspections
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Mar 19, 2019
Ofsted to talk to pupils to help judge a school's curriculum
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Mar 19, 2019
Ofsted director brands legal challenges ‘colossal waste of money’, tells schools to ‘bring it on’
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Mar 19, 2019
Improving schools won't suffer under new inspection framework - Spielman
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Mar 16, 2019
Response to Ofsted’s Draft Education Inspection Framework
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Mar 15, 2019
Tougher STC inspections to focus on children's experience
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Mar 13, 2019
Ofsted consultation on the draft Education Inspection Framework
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Mar 13, 2019
Ofsted's mixed messages on off-rolling
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Mar 12, 2019
Scotland: Children’s education in Glasgow rated ‘outstanding’
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Mar 11, 2019
Inspections: ‘Harsher’ school ratings revealed
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Mar 11, 2019
School keeps top grade despite failing emergency inspections
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Mar 11, 2019
NAHT needs you - a call for members to respond to the Ofsted consultation
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Mar 8, 2019
Ofsted: How we will fail off-rolling schools in future
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Mar 6, 2019
Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4
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Mar 6, 2019
Scotland: Education secretary says there could be ‘merit’ in scrapping inspection grades
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Mar 6, 2019
Why proposals to inspect curriculum will be as subjective as GBBO
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Mar 5, 2019
John Swinney wants schools grading system scrapped to stem ‘culture of fear’ among Scots teachers
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Mar 2, 2019
Scotland: Inspection ratings for schools could be axed
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Mar 2, 2019
School-inspection ratings could be scrapped in Scotland
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Mar 1, 2019
Amanda Spielman at the Youth Sport Trust 2019 Conference
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Feb 28, 2019
Ofsted and your wellbeing
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Feb 27, 2019
Ofsted publishes first academy trust ‘summary evaluation’
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Feb 27, 2019
Inspecting initial teacher education: guidance for inspectors
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Feb 26, 2019
Ofsted accused of promoting ‘snake oil’ school-improvement industry
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Feb 26, 2019
How to revamp your primary curriculum
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Feb 25, 2019
I really doubt Ofsted can kick its addiction to data
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Feb 22, 2019
Concern about increased Estyn inspections
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Feb 19, 2019
School inspections in Wales to be halted for a year to help them prepare for the new curriculum
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Feb 19, 2019
More Welsh school inspections from 2021
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Feb 19, 2019
Estyn to be in schools more often as curriculum preparations continue
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Feb 19, 2019
Petition calls for Ofsted to scrap inspection grades
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Feb 18, 2019
A new hope or the empire strikes back?
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Feb 15, 2019
How will Ofsted achieve such lofty ambitions?
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Feb 14, 2019
Ofsted defends use of cognitive load theory in inspection overhaul
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Feb 13, 2019
Education Select Committee hears evidence from Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman
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Feb 12, 2019
Ofsted thinks the value of the curriculum is self-evident. But is it?
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Feb 11, 2019
The Ofsted inspection framework – what’s changing?
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Feb 11, 2019
School leaders are 'worried' about the new Ofsted framework
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Feb 8, 2019
School leaders 'worried' about new Ofsted framework
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Feb 8, 2019
Judgement on personal development, behaviour and welfare
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Feb 6, 2019
From cocoon to curriculum: Ofsted's new approach
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Feb 6, 2019
Ofsted chief denies pursuing 'anti-faith agenda'
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Feb 5, 2019
Spielman: Ofsted has identified off-rolling at three schools
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Feb 5, 2019
What’s wrong with Ofsted’s definition of learning?
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Feb 4, 2019
5 things which confuse me about Ofsted
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Feb 2, 2019
Ofsted Chief Inspector questioned on new draft education inspection framework
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Feb 2, 2019
What the new Ofsted framework says about the curriculum
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Feb 2, 2019
100% support for Ofsted curriculum focus
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Feb 1, 2019
Wales: Damning verdict on Brecon High School from education watchdog Estyn
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Feb 1, 2019
Private school watchdog School Inspection Service closes
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Jan 31, 2019
Coffield: '7 problems with inspections Ofsted must fix'
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Jan 31, 2019
Be cautious of sweeping statements about topic-based learning
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Jan 31, 2019
How will Ofsted evaluate how much a four-year-old knows?
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Jan 31, 2019
OFSTED’s worst practice – its four-grade scale – undermines the real advances in its new draft framework
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Jan 31, 2019
Ofsted's reforms: Missing the point
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Jan 30, 2019
Will the new Ofsted framework work for FE?
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Jan 25, 2019
The new Ofsted framework is great for AP
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Jan 25, 2019
The new Cardiff West Community High has been rated adequate and improving by inspectors Estyn
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Jan 24, 2019
Top ratings from Ofsted lowered on return visit
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Jan 24, 2019
Ofsted ‘calls time’ on teaching to the test and off-rolling pupils
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Jan 23, 2019
Rise in legal challenges to Ofsted reports
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Jan 23, 2019
Chartered College backtracks on Ofsted research criticism
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Jan 23, 2019
Ofsted has turned our attention back to what makes a good curriculum. We now need better answers
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Jan 23, 2019
Facing the challenge of Ofsted’s new framework for primary schools
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Jan 22, 2019
Reporter's take: How 'thoughtless' Ofsted is upsetting early years
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Jan 22, 2019
College claims Institute of Technology bid ‘not in jeopardy’ despite Ofsted grade three
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Jan 22, 2019
EBacc target ‘out of our hands’, say heads
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Jan 22, 2019
Ofsted’s grade fixation fails pupils and teachers | Letters
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Jan 21, 2019
Ofsted must remember that primaries and secondaries operate very differently
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Jan 21, 2019
Why we may live to regret Ofsted ignoring internal data
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Jan 21, 2019
Ofsted framework: Heads warn audit culture will ‘switch’ to exercise books
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Jan 21, 2019
Education inspection framework 2019: key changes for early years
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Jan 21, 2019
What does Ofsted’s new framework say?
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Jan 20, 2019
Ofsted must wean itself off its damaging grading system
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Jan 18, 2019
The Tes Podcast: Ofsted and pupil mental health services
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Jan 18, 2019
Ofsted watch: Two NHS trusts hit with poor reports
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Jan 18, 2019
Ofsted talk tough on integrity in new regime, but they can’t do it alone
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Jan 18, 2019
Provider integrity at heart of Ofsted’s new Common Inspection Framework
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Jan 18, 2019
Conflicted inclusion? Ofsted’s new framework and SEND
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Jan 18, 2019
How Ofsted is trying to tackle the culture of teaching to the test
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Jan 18, 2019
How will Ofsted evaluate how much a four-year-old knows?
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Jan 17, 2019
Ofsted’s new framework receives mixed response
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Jan 17, 2019
Does Ofsted’s draft inspection framework pass the inclusion test?
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Jan 17, 2019
Ofsted inspections to focus on 'quality of education' over performance data
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Jan 17, 2019
Ofsted will not treat college students like kids
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Jan 16, 2019
Schools with debating clubs or cadets to be rewarded to help build childrens' resilience, Ofsted chief says
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Jan 16, 2019
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Jan 16, 2019
Amanda Spielman launches EIF consultation proposals
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted's new regime will split accountability in two
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted to ditch focus on exam results when inspecting schools to 'raise true standards'
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Jan 16, 2019
UK to end ‘over-reliance’ on data in school assessments
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Jan 16, 2019
Key findings from Ofsted’s Annual Report
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Jan 16, 2019
Schools in 'tough areas' could get new rankings
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Jan 16, 2019
Will Ofsted drive curriculum reform in our schools?
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Jan 16, 2019
Voice welcomes Ofsted consultation but calls for delay in full implementation
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted consultation on changes to education inspection framework
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Jan 16, 2019
Six things we've learnt from Ofsted's new draft inspection framework
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Jan 16, 2019
What aspects of the new proposed Ofsted framework do you like?
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Jan 16, 2019
Consultation plans from Ofsted promise change of emphasis in inspections
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted Framework welcomed
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Jan 16, 2019
Hinds praises Ofsted framework for tackling teacher workload
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Jan 16, 2019
Six things we’ve learnt from Ofsted’s new draft inspection framework
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Jan 16, 2019
Spielman admits to ‘compromises’ over new inspection framework
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Jan 16, 2019
Changes to education inspection framework: Sector response
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted plans to double length of 'good' school inspections
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted: Schools in poor areas have more chance of top grade
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted's proposals fall far short of changing the game
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted set to scrap high-needs inspection category
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted needs to become a force for improvement again
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted launches a consultation on proposals for changes to the education inspection framework
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Jan 16, 2019
ASCL response to Ofsted’s new inspection framework
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted pledges new ranking for schools in tough areas
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted plans to judge schools on how badly behaved pupils are
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted’s new framework: longer inspections and shorter notice
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Jan 16, 2019
‘No game changer’: Ofsted framework proposals won’t reduce stress, say unions
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Jan 16, 2019
New Ofsted framework to be less reliant on achievement rate data
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted plans overhaul of inspections to look beyond exam results
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted to look at behaviour in schools during inspections
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Jan 16, 2019
Schools will be marked down if pupils misbehave under new Ofsted inspection regime
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted to watch for whispers in class and phone‑checking
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Jan 16, 2019
Pupils checking social media on their phones is blamed for increased classroom disruption
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Jan 16, 2019
Do you trust Ofsted not to 'raise the bar' for your school?
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Jan 15, 2019
Multi-million pound super-school which opened two years ago is only 'adequate' according to inspectors
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Jan 11, 2019
This year, if nothing else, won’t be boring for us in the FE and skills sector
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Jan 11, 2019
Girls are having problems at a high school pioneering Wales' new curriculum, says Estyn
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Dec 27, 2018
Ofsted wins Court of Appeal case against Durand Academy
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Dec 21, 2018
Ofsted wins appeal against Durand Academy High Court ruling
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Dec 21, 2018
Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4
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Dec 19, 2018
Inspection finds Cardiff primary school's safeguarding arrangements are 'serious cause for concern'
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Dec 18, 2018
State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information
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Dec 13, 2018
Hinds urges Ofsted to ensure new MAT evaluations aren’t ‘undue burdens’
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Dec 13, 2018
Scotland: Inspection body 'closer than ever to teachers’
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Dec 10, 2018
Ofsted Annual Report 2017/18: education, children’s services and skills
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted Annual Report
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Dec 4, 2018
NASUWT comments on Ofsted's annual report
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted annual report 2017/18: Nine key findings for FE
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Dec 4, 2018
Ireland: Chief school inspector urges teachers´ unions to end industrial action
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Nov 28, 2018
British schools overseas: inspection reports for accredited schools
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Nov 23, 2018
School inspection ‘more stressful’ in England than Scotland
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Nov 19, 2018
Glowing Ofsted report for first national college to be inspected
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Nov 15, 2018
Provider to challenge inspection after Ofsted found learners ‘unaware’ they took out an FE loan
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Nov 13, 2018
Second consecutive ‘inadequate’ Ofsted inspection for previously grade two college
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Nov 12, 2018
Independent Schools Inspectorate raises fees after two-year loss
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Nov 12, 2018
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI): annual Ofsted report letters
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Nov 6, 2018
School Inspection Service (SIS): annual Ofsted report letters
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Nov 6, 2018
Inspectorates of British schools overseas: annual Ofsted report letters
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Nov 6, 2018
Ofsted demands greater power to check on private school inspectorates
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Nov 6, 2018
Employers start to leave reviews on ESFA’s new Trip Advisor-style feature
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Nov 2, 2018
In this week's Tes: curriculum battles and the limits of SEND diagnosis
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Nov 2, 2018
The damning verdict of inspectors on a Bridgend school kept open after parent campaign
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Oct 24, 2018
Taking the pain out of self-assessment
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Oct 23, 2018
Ministers urged to order fresh inspections of all Steiner schools amid fresh child safety fears
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Oct 20, 2018
Research round-up (9 October 2018)
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Oct 16, 2018
Scotland: School teaching inspections slashed to two days
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Oct 16, 2018
Scotland: Parents attack "diluted" school inspections
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Oct 14, 2018
Teaching ideas to bin: Work scrutinies
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Sep 22, 2018
Liberal Democrat Party Conference emergency motion on education
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Sep 18, 2018
ASCL comment on HMCI commentary
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Sep 18, 2018
HMCI commentary: curriculum and the new education inspection framework
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Sep 18, 2018
Ofsted softens 3 year full inspection rule after sector backlash
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Sep 18, 2018
Scotland: ‘I cannot say I slept for more than four or five hours every night’
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Sep 13, 2018
FE and skills inspections and outcomes: management information - December 2015 to August 2018
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Sep 10, 2018
Ofsted's inspection of schools: sixtieth report of session 2017-19 (pdf)
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Sep 7, 2018
The art of school inspections
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Sep 5, 2018
Hinds calls on Ofsted to reward good school SEND support
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Aug 22, 2018
Ireland: Inspectors find summer training courses for teachers fail to make the grade
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Aug 19, 2018
Cardiff primary where 46% of pupils have additional learning needs and 50+% are eligible for FSM ranked 'good' by inspectors
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Aug 14, 2018
Scotland: Schools agency with £4m surplus missed inspections
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Aug 3, 2018
Inspection gap for outstanding schools widens to 11 years, and other findings from Ofsted
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Jul 12, 2018
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Jul 10, 2018
Brightlingsea pupils 'feel unsafe' at Colne school
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Jul 5, 2018
What’s the point of school inspection?
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Jun 29, 2018
NAHT's Nick Brook gives evidence about Ofsted's inspection of schools
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Jun 27, 2018
Ofsted to keep 'outstanding' grades
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Jun 21, 2018
Amanda Spielman rules out changes to Ofsted’s grading system
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Jun 21, 2018
Ofsted will keep its four-point grading system – for now
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Jun 21, 2018
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Jun 14, 2018
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Jun 12, 2018
Highbury College tumbles two grades from ‘outstanding’
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Jun 7, 2018
NASUWT comments on Estyn review
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Jun 7, 2018
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Jun 5, 2018
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Jun 4, 2018
Private alternative providers get worse Ofsteds than council provision, and 4 other findings
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May 30, 2018
The cycle of fear from school inspections
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May 26, 2018
Comment on NAO’s report on Ofsted’s inspection of schools
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May 24, 2018
NASUWT comments on National Audit Office report into Ofsted finances
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May 24, 2018
Some ‘outstanding’ schools may not be ‘good’ – Ofsted
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May 24, 2018
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May 24, 2018
Ofsted: Let us routinely inspect 'outstanding' schools
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May 24, 2018
Ofsted admits some 'outstanding schools aren't that good'
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May 24, 2018
8 per cent of free schools not inspected on time, and 5 other interesting findings from the NAO report on Ofsted
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May 24, 2018
Ofsted wants to scrap inspection exemption for ‘outstanding’ schools
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May 24, 2018
Schools rated outstanding not inspected for a decade
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May 24, 2018
British schools overseas inspection scheme
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May 22, 2018
Time to radically reform Ofsted
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May 19, 2018
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May 11, 2018
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May 8, 2018
Daily roundup 4 May: Life chances, school inspections, charity merger
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May 4, 2018
Ofsted watch: Ambulance trust fares well in early monitoring visit
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May 4, 2018
Analysis: Has the pressure been lifted from thousands of schools?
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May 4, 2018
Olchfa School in Swansea gets excellent rating from Estyn inspectors
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May 2, 2018
Bishop of Llandaff school wins top Estyn inspection report rating possible
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May 2, 2018
Ofsted should inspect schools meals - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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May 1, 2018
Ofsted’s new provider monitoring and subcontracting visits explained
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Apr 30, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Royal Navy apprenticeships are ‘outstanding’
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Apr 27, 2018
Could Ofsted be about to wipe the grading slate clean?
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Apr 27, 2018
Swinney's aide pushed for publication of damning inspection report
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Apr 27, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Tough week for providers inspected for first time
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Apr 20, 2018
South Wiltshire UTC rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted
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Apr 19, 2018
South Wiltshire UTC rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted
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Apr 19, 2018
Governors quit free school where no pupils did GCSEs
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Apr 18, 2018
Chief inspector Amanda Spielman on Ofsted's role in teacher workload
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Apr 16, 2018
Fall in number of parents who trust Ofsted judgements
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Apr 12, 2018
DfE launches consultation ahead of college campus performance reporting
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Apr 10, 2018
Ofsted meets Robocop in fully automated AI/VR Inspections.
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Apr 1, 2018
Ofsted watch: Two providers pull up from ‘inadequate’
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Mar 29, 2018
Inspectors give top marks to two Scottish state schools
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Mar 28, 2018
Ofsted publishes new guidance for inspectors on restraint and restriction of liberty
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Mar 27, 2018
Obfuscation, terriers and apologies: Damian Hinds' first outing at the education committee
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Mar 21, 2018
Damian Hinds dodges education committee’s questions on MAT inspections
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Mar 21, 2018
Using Ofsted’s inspection data summary report (IDSR): 16 to 19
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Mar 19, 2018
Schools across the social divide working hard to give pupils the best possible chance in life
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Mar 16, 2018
School apprenticeship training company ‘not fit for purpose’ says Ofsted
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Mar 15, 2018
Ofsted grades from predecessor schools will now remain on new academies' records
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Mar 15, 2018
Ofsted's Chief Inspector signals some positive changes for teachers and school leaders
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Mar 14, 2018
Five reasons to ditch Ofsted grades
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Mar 14, 2018
Ofsted backs school that banned 'meet me at McDonald's' haircut
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Mar 13, 2018
No eye-rolling, no shrugging: how head helped Battersea school hit top Ofsted rating
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Mar 12, 2018
Need to know: Independent school inspections under scrutiny
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Mar 12, 2018
Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4
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Mar 9, 2018
Ofsted watch: A week of contrasts in apprenticeship provision
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Mar 9, 2018
Spielman 'not concerned' by lack of children's centre inspections
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Mar 8, 2018
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Mar 8, 2018
Inspectorate for top private schools broke its own rules, Ofsted warns
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Mar 8, 2018
Private school inspectors are rubber-stamping failing leaders
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Mar 8, 2018
DfE should track out-of-school children and six other key messages from Ofsted chief
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Mar 7, 2018
Amanda Spielman at education committee: 5 things we learned
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Mar 7, 2018
Sheffield College retains its grade three despite achievement-rate worries
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Mar 7, 2018
Barnfield College could lose its apprenticeships provision
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Mar 7, 2018
Lib Dem education spokesman praises Ofsted a day after party calls for watchdog to be scrapped
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Mar 6, 2018
Ofsted ‘disappointed’ by Liberal Democrat pledge to scrap it
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Mar 6, 2018
Liberal Democrats: ‘Ditch Ofsted and school league tables’
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Mar 5, 2018
Lib Dems want to abolish Ofsted, Sats and league tables
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Mar 5, 2018
College group giant welcomes move to campus level inspection
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Feb 23, 2018
Initial teacher education (ITE) inspections and outcomes: management information
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Feb 23, 2018
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Feb 22, 2018
Government confirms 638% hike in small private school inspection fees
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Feb 22, 2018
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Feb 20, 2018
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Feb 20, 2018
NEU comment: Ofsted on exclusions
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Feb 20, 2018
New ‘campus identifier’ paves way for Ofsted changes in 2019
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Feb 14, 2018
Ofsted has ‘agreement in principle’ that more resources needed to deal with inspections
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Feb 14, 2018
Early years self evaluation form
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Feb 13, 2018
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Feb 13, 2018
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Feb 12, 2018
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Feb 12, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Delight for colleges but despair for community learning provider
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Feb 9, 2018
Let’s maintain the upward Ofsted trend for colleges!
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Feb 9, 2018
Further education and skills inspection handbook
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Feb 8, 2018
RSCs to dramatically reduce 'shadow' school inspections
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Feb 7, 2018
OFSTED: we need a brand new model, not just a re-spray
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Feb 7, 2018
Ofsted announces tougher approach to monitoring subcontracting
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Feb 6, 2018
Initial teacher education: inspections and outcomes as at 30 June 2017
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Feb 2, 2018
Ofsted watch: Top grade for independent learning provider
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Feb 2, 2018
Ofsted boss attacks Church of England schools for making it harder to tackle extremism
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Feb 1, 2018
Ofsted attacks Church of England for blocking extremism efforts
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Feb 1, 2018
Every school needs a staff wellbeing team – here’s how to start one
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Feb 1, 2018
Schools face difficult balancing act over cultural preferences: Ofsted head
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Feb 1, 2018
Amanda Spielman: Sunday schools must be inspected to prevent extremism
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Feb 1, 2018
Religious extremists 'trying to pervert education'
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Feb 1, 2018
Spielman warns of extremism 'perverting' education as Ofsted weighs into hijab row
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Feb 1, 2018
Amanda Spielman's speech at the Church of England Foundation for Education Leadership
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Ofsted inspectors enter hijab row school
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Jan 31, 2018
School put in special measures after standards and management deemed 'unsatisfactory'
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Jan 30, 2018
#ditchthegrades Let’s call time on Ofsted grades for schools
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Jan 30, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Luton Sixth Form College slips from grade one
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Jan 26, 2018
Pupils' digital skills not keeping pace, Estyn reports
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Jan 24, 2018
Muslim school challenges critical Ofsted report
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Jan 19, 2018
Ofsted watch: Trio of providers lose ‘outstanding’ grades
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Jan 19, 2018
FE providers left for a decade without Ofsted inspection
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Jan 19, 2018
USA: Lawmaker seeks home school oversight after 13 found captive
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Jan 18, 2018
USA: Where were the authorities? Calls for tighter checks on home schools.
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Jan 17, 2018
School at base of Grenfell judged outstanding in all categories
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Jan 17, 2018
USA: House of horrors doubled as a private school but was never inspected by education chiefs
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Jan 17, 2018
Ofsted 'needs more money' to monitor apprenticeships
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Jan 17, 2018
Islamic primary school had books written by banned extremist, Ofsted report finds
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Jan 16, 2018
Local area SEND inspection outcome letters
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Jan 16, 2018
Scottish school inspectorate’s budget 'to be cut by £1 million'
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Jan 16, 2018
Head of unregistered private school banned from teaching over safeguarding concerns
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Jan 15, 2018
Ofsted watch: Two providers climb out of ‘inadequate’ but one slumps the other way
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Jan 12, 2018
Academy trust with ‘very small’ schools warned over ‘limited capacity’ for improvement
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Jan 12, 2018
School inspections and outcomes: latest management information
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Jan 12, 2018
Was government support of Learndirect sale legal?
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Jan 11, 2018
Further education and skills inspections and outcomes: management information from December 2015
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Jan 10, 2018
Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 5
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Jan 10, 2018
'Replace Ofsted banners with pupil quotes', says heads' union
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Jan 10, 2018
Ofsted confirms new arrangements for inspection of good schools
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Jan 9, 2018
Slow down you move too fast, you got to make the meaning (sic) last
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Jan 4, 2018
AI can spot failing schools and GPs
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Dec 22, 2017
Scottish Tories slam SNP for 'failings' with education targets
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Dec 21, 2017
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Dec 21, 2017
Artificial intelligence school inspections face resistance
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Dec 21, 2017
School inspections and outcomes: management information
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Dec 20, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 15 December 2017
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Dec 15, 2017
Further education and skills inspection handbook
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Dec 15, 2017
Ofsted tells college to ditch ‘outstanding’ label
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Dec 15, 2017
Ofsted changes inspection report ‘six times’ in fight with dyslexia school
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Dec 15, 2017
Local area SEND inspection outcome letters
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Dec 14, 2017
Concerns over Learndirect first raised 3 years ago
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The six main findings from the NAO’s report into Learndirect
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Dec 14, 2017
Spielman: Ofsted report into Reception curriculum is 'as controversial as custard'
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted apologises for mistakenly naming schools on list of underachievers
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted annual report interview: Joyce backs campaign calls for more 16 to 18 funding
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted warns schools against 'disadvantage one-upmanship'
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Dec 13, 2017
AoC responds to Ofsted’s annual report
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted signals focus on curriculum and GCSE hothousing
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Dec 13, 2017
Private faith schools are 'spreading beliefs that clash with British values and equalities law', Ofsted warns
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Dec 13, 2017
130 English schools fail to gain ‘good’ rating in 10 years
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Dec 13, 2017
9 interesting things you might have missed in Ofsted’s annual report
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Dec 13, 2017
Research finds academies still too tied up by exams and inspections to adopt best practices
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted annual report: Religious schools increasingly ‘flouting’ British values
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Dec 13, 2017
No provider is too big to fail, warns Ofsted annual report
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted annual report: RI schools fail to improve at record levels
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Dec 13, 2017
No provider is too big to fail, declares Ofsted as it launches Annual Report
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted annual report: 130 schools not rated ‘good’ for over a decade
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Dec 13, 2017
Accountability ‘stick’ is taking us to the brink: Time for radical change.
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Dec 13, 2017
130 schools have shown no improvement for 10 years, Ofsted reveals
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted finds 130 schools showing no signs of improvement in ten years in damning report
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted: Around 130 schools fail to reach 'good' grade in last ten years
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Dec 13, 2017
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College complains to Ofsted over rating of 14 to 16 provision
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Dec 11, 2017
Ofsted leadership ratings soar under Spielman
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Ofsted leadership approval soars under Spielman
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Dec 11, 2017
Ofsted leadership approval soars under Spielman
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Dec 11, 2017
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Dec 11, 2017
SEND pupils 'pushed out of sight and out of mind', Ofsted chief inspector says
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Dec 10, 2017
Teachers want end to school inspections
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Ofsted heaps praise on ‘much improved’ Diocese of Ely academy trust
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Dec 8, 2017
Ofsted Watch: Tough week for FE as grades fall
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Dec 8, 2017
'Despite best efforts, my school is not full and I'm worried sick about how it will survive'
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Dec 3, 2017
Ofsted Watch: Success for colleges but ITP rated ‘inadequate’
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Dec 1, 2017
Education Secretary visits School of the Year
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Nov 30, 2017
Schools with deprived pupils less likely to improve, Ofsted figures show
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Nov 30, 2017
The day of data: What we learned from a deluge of government statistics and announcements
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Nov 30, 2017
Ofsted statistics shake-up will drop ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rate by 2%
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Nov 30, 2017
Maintained schools and academies inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2017
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Nov 30, 2017
Ofsted’s further education and skills official statistics for 2016/17 have been released
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Nov 28, 2017
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Nov 27, 2017
One of Wales' most troubled schools is taken out of special measures
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Nov 27, 2017
Daily Roundup 21 November: School inspections, birth rates, and pupil selection
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Nov 21, 2017
Free schools in England – a report by the EPI
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Nov 17, 2017
Ofsted Watch: New leadership praised at improved college
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England’s school accountability system is damaging children’s education
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Nov 16, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Ofsted Watch: Three councils told adult learning requires improvement
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Round-up of education research and reports published in the last two weeks
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Oct 30, 2017
Primary pupils to ‘inspect’ their schools
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Oct 20, 2017
Revealed: Damning Ofsted findings on 'gender segregation' school
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How pupils could be given access to their school's raw data
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Ofsted: 'Alarming' number of schools accused of unofficially excluding SEND pupils
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Oct 18, 2017
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Research: Progress 8 scores suggest inspection findings are not 'arbitrary'
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Oct 11, 2017
Ofsted: Why reading for fun is being cut and 6 other curriculum findings
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Oct 11, 2017
Northern schools more likely to be rated 'inadequate' or 'requires improvement' by Ofsted
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Oct 10, 2017
Education Scotland embroiled in transparency row
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Otley primary school spend half-hour 'inspecting lunches'
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Oct 2, 2017
Ireland: school inspectors chalk up staff conflicts at Gonzaga College
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Ofsted wants a change in the law so it can inspect multi-academy trusts
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Sep 29, 2017
Inspectorate data dump branded ‘disgraceful’
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Tom Rogers: Ofsted has done more damage to education in the UK than anything else
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Sep 23, 2017
New Ofsted system would see schools graded 'good-ish', headteachers warn
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Sep 21, 2017
Ofsted's Spielman examines book scrutiny in inspections
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Ofsted to use 'strong pass' of GCSE grade 5 to judge schools
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Some Scottish schools have gone over 10 years without inspection
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Sep 8, 2017
Uncovered: Schools where an inspector hasn’t called since 2004
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Spielman - Reducing teacher workload is my top priority and Ofsted is part of the problem
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Sep 6, 2017
Tables turned as Wales orders independent review of inspectorate Estyn
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Inspection of secondary schools at lowest level for a decade
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Go back to school, key Scottish education agencies told
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Sep 1, 2017
Ofsted to ask FE learners if they feel safe in residential provision
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Just three independent schools removed from register in three years
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National Audit Office to investigate Ofsted
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Aug 22, 2017
Scotland's new chief inspector wants to get ‘closer to the action’
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Aug 18, 2017
There is no such thing as equality in funding or inspection
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Aug 17, 2017
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'Inadequate' Learndirect stopped from taking new apprentices
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Aug 17, 2017
Learndirect blames government cuts for damning Ofsted report
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Aug 17, 2017
Sector response to the learndirect 2017 inadequate Ofsted report
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Aug 17, 2017
Learndirect owners still winning government-approved contracts
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Aug 16, 2017
Grade four Ofsted-rated provider in administration
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Aug 16, 2017
Department for Education pulls all Learndirect contracts and funding
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Aug 16, 2017
Learndirect training contract withdrawn over standards concerns
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Aug 16, 2017
Government pulls all Learndirect contracts and funding
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Aug 15, 2017
Injunction lifted on critical Ofsted report
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Aug 15, 2017
Learndirect 'financially stable' despite Ofsted probe, firm insists
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Aug 15, 2017
Schools should be able to challenge Ofsted inspectors if their conclusions are 'defective', high court judge says
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Aug 14, 2017
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Aug 14, 2017
Over 1,600 jobs at risk after Learndirect fails bid to overturn Ofsted ‘inadequate’
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Aug 14, 2017
Ofsted to simplify information it provides to schools before inspections
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Aug 4, 2017
Three month inspection report delay nearly over, Ofsted claims
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Aug 4, 2017
Free school that omits arts and humanities rated ‘inadequate’
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Jul 31, 2017
Midlands MAT handed financial notice over ‘significant failings’
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Jul 21, 2017
Number of private schools judged 'inadequate' has tripled
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Jul 20, 2017
Six findings from the overdue EBacc consultation
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Jul 19, 2017
New project aims to raise learning outcomes in South Africa
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Experienced teachers less likely to trust Ofsted, and five more attitude survey findings
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Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Jul 17, 2017
Muslim school where library books said husbands could beat wives to be taken over by Government
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Jul 16, 2017
Ofsted officials given bonuses totalling up to £110,000 amid budget squeeze
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Ofsted exposed over failure to monitor 1,200 subcontractors
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Large majority of teachers believe Ofsted wants to see child-centred learning style
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Faith school in Ofsted 'sex discrimination' row can be named
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Schools must show inspectors their personnel files, Ofsted says
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Jun 30, 2017
Second FE college gets grade one Ofsted in two weeks
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Jun 29, 2017
Proportion of schools newly rated 'good' or 'outstanding' by Ofsted falls this year
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Jun 29, 2017
School improvement ‘failing’ at Academy Trust of Melksham, says Ofsted
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Jun 28, 2017
Ofsted seeking views on improved approach to short inspections
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Jun 26, 2017
Ofsted chief pledges to boost research and tackle extremism with 'zeal'
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Jun 23, 2017
Ofsted will crackdown on extremism and promote 'British values', Amanda Spielman vows
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Jun 23, 2017
Ofsted to punish schools pushing exam targets over learning, says chief
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Jun 23, 2017
Spielman says inspectors will look ‘more closely’ at schools’ curriculums
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Jun 23, 2017
The schools where Ofsted failed to follow up fears over pupil safety
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Jun 23, 2017
Second consecutive grade four Ofsted for previously ‘outstanding’ college
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Jun 22, 2017
Fears that Ofsted’s 15-day plan will add to inspection burden
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Jun 21, 2017
DfE ‘must drop’ £5 million inspection funding for faith groups
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Jun 20, 2017
Religious organisations are being paid to inspect their own schools
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Jun 20, 2017
Ofsted’s consultation on short inspections of good schools
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Jun 19, 2017
Short inspections change would put schools on the front foot
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Ofsted ITE inspection clarification
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Jun 19, 2017
Britain's strictest school gets top marks from Ofsted
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Jun 16, 2017
Ofsted warns schools they face greater scrutiny over 'substance' of what they teach
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Jun 16, 2017
Amanda Spielman talks about curriculum changes, funding and future challenges.
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Jun 16, 2017
The school inspection system must be shaped to benefit schools, not administrators, says NAHT
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Jun 15, 2017
Ofsted seeks views on changes to short inspections
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Jun 15, 2017
Heads' leaders split over Ofsted changes to short inspections
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Jun 15, 2017
Ofsted reveals plan to give schools up to 15 days’ notice of inspections
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Ofsted publishes updated complaints guidance
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Jun 13, 2017
First outstanding Ofsted rating for FE college in 14 months
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The virtually impossible task of overturning an Ofsted verdict
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Jun 12, 2017
FE provider destroyed by lack of audit
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May 22, 2017
Ofsted watch: Provider on apprenticeships register rated ‘inadequate'
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May 19, 2017
Scotland ‘needs own Ofsted’, Conservatives say
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May 17, 2017
NI industrial action 'harms education'
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May 15, 2017
Daily roundup 15 May: Cyber attack, Ofsted, and voter registration
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May 15, 2017
NASUWT comments on industrial action letter
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May 12, 2017
Presentation: potentially a powerful proxy for progress
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May 12, 2017
Secondary moderns have dramatically improved their Ofsted grades
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May 12, 2017
SEND: updates and highlights from April 2017
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May 8, 2017
MATs' internal school inspections 'a waste of time', says Ofsted
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May 5, 2017
Why the delay for Learndirect inspection report?
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Apr 28, 2017
Ofsted removes date from new ‘good’ logo – but why?
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Apr 28, 2017
The impact of inspections and lack of support
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Apr 25, 2017
Tell us your experience of Ofsted in early years settings
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Apr 25, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Apr 25, 2017
An inspector calls: is it time for a rethink on Ofsted visits?
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Apr 11, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Apr 3, 2017
Ofsted considers using social media to monitor schools
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Mar 31, 2017
Ofsted to consider 'snooping' on pupils' and parents' Facebook pages to monitor school performance
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Mar 31, 2017
Scrap “useless” school inspections says teaching union
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Mar 30, 2017
School inspections just don’t work
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Mar 29, 2017
Editor Asks: Amanda Spielman, chief inspector, Ofsted
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Mar 24, 2017
Inspection of apprenticeships from May 2017
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Mar 24, 2017
Ofsted watch: Another UTC hit with poor grade
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Mar 24, 2017
Bennett behaviour review: the 5 policy recommendations
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Mar 24, 2017
Poor behaviour 'not taken seriously enough in schools'
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Mar 24, 2017
John Swinney urges reform after council hit by ‘worst’ report into running of education
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Mar 24, 2017
Behaviour tsar calls for 'more muscular' school inclusion units
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Less than 50 per cent of inspected UTCs ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’
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Mar 18, 2017
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Mar 17, 2017
Ofsted Chief Inspector's first speech on post-16 education
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Mar 17, 2017
Ofsted rates dozens of new schools 'outstanding' without exam results
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Mar 17, 2017
Ofsted reliability study is welcome – but limited
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Mar 15, 2017
UTC joining college-backed multi academy trust after Ofsted blow
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Mar 13, 2017
Teachers still convinced Ofsted grades their lessons
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Mar 13, 2017
Spielman: Inspection reliability study is ‘just first step’ of Ofsted research push
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Mar 7, 2017
Ofsted study is important first step in testing reliability of inspections
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Mar 7, 2017
ATL responds to Ofsted reliability report
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Mar 7, 2017
HMCI's monthly commentary: March 2017
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Mar 7, 2017
New research project: early years inspections. Could you help?
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Mar 3, 2017
New Ofsted crackdown on schools 'gaming the system
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Mar 2, 2017
Ofsted inspectors urged to crack down on schools ‘off-rolling’ pupils
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Mar 2, 2017
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Mar 1, 2017
Former ‘outstanding’ college’s Oftsed rating slumps after first inspection for decade
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Feb 27, 2017
Ofsted could re-inspect after QAR loophole crackdown
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Feb 24, 2017
Ofsted praises SEN funding approach in Leeds
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Feb 17, 2017
‘Good’ Ofsted report finally unveiled for recently incorporated FE college, after 90-day wait
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Feb 13, 2017
Sixty ‘orphan’ schools shunned by academy sponsors
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Feb 7, 2017
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Feb 3, 2017
Termly safeguarding audits would help heads ‘sleep at night’
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Feb 2, 2017
Ofsted rates Birkenhead Sixth Form College as outstanding in all areas
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Jan 31, 2017
ATL calls for sex and relationship education to be made compulsory
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Jan 27, 2017
It is a myth that pupils are overtested, says new Ofsted chief inspector
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Jan 15, 2017
New Ofsted chief: ‘I want everyone to see us as a force for improvement’
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Jan 9, 2017
More than 1,200 schools have not received an Ofsted inspection for over seven years
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Jan 6, 2017
More than 1,200 schools have not received an Ofsted inspection for over seven years
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Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 6 January 2017
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Jan 6, 2017
Ofsted ignores more than 100 schools for a decade
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Jan 6, 2017
Sharp fall in complaints about Ofsted inspections
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Jan 6, 2017
Nursery inspections in Scotland fall by one-third
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Jan 4, 2017
Free school wants ‘rogue’ Ofsted grade quashed after 10-week ‘turnaround’
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Dec 21, 2016
Childcare red tape review reveals confusion and high cost of regulation
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Dec 16, 2016
Plymouth CAST academy trust issued warning notice after leadership failings
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Dec 14, 2016
Fears school inspection shake-up will give parents less information on educational standards
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Dec 11, 2016
Ofsted wants key degree apprenticeship inspection role
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Dec 6, 2016
Ofsted annual report: Focus on teacher recruitment not school structures, Wilshaw tells ministers
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Dec 1, 2016
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Dec 1, 2016
Ofsted annual report: Primary emphasis on spelling and grammar risks narrowing the curriculum
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Dec 1, 2016
Ofsted annual report: nine key points
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Dec 1, 2016
It's official: your school's marking policy is probably wrong
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Nov 29, 2016
Projected fall in Scottish school inspections criticised by Tories
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Nov 29, 2016
School inspections plummeting despite Sturgeon's pledge to boost assessments
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Nov 28, 2016
TV exposé sparks calls for overhaul of Ofsted regime
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Nov 28, 2016
Ofsted handbook changes and focus areas for school inspection 2016
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Nov 28, 2016
Latest Ofsted School Inspection Update guidance for inspectors
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Nov 25, 2016
Schools need sufficient resources to continue to raise standards
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Nov 23, 2016
Adversarial Ofsted system does not help the most disadvantaged, says NAHT
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Nov 22, 2016
Ofsted inspections must be fair to all schools
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Nov 22, 2016
ATL comment on Ofsted school inspections
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Nov 22, 2016
Colleges go a decade without full inspection
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Nov 18, 2016
Ofsted: Swindon's pupils being 'failed at every level'
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Nov 14, 2016
Ofsted will give 5 days’ notice of SEND inspections
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Nov 12, 2016
Here's how school inspections in Wales are changing
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