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One in 7 Ofsted teacher training reports never mention SEND, new research finds
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Apr 2, 2019
Ofsted told to ‘match up rhetoric with action’ over SEND training
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Apr 2, 2019
Amanda Spielman at the Muslim Teachers' Association
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Apr 1, 2019
Amanda Spielman at the 2019 Annual Apprenticeships Conference
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Mar 27, 2019
Ofsted rows back on judging schools' EBacc progress
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Mar 26, 2019
Primary schools should restart lessons on gay and transgender issues despite furious protests from parents, says ex-Ofsted chief
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Mar 26, 2019
Abide by Britain’s laws, ex-Ofsted chief tells parents in same-sex lessons row
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Mar 25, 2019
Ofsted programme for minority ethnic school leaders in London
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Mar 22, 2019
Some things are more important than Ofsted
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Mar 22, 2019
Ofsted could stop reporting on frequency of bullying in schools
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Mar 19, 2019
Ofsted finds workers being forced onto provider’s apprenticeship programme
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Mar 18, 2019
Need to know: What is off-rolling?
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Mar 18, 2019
Heads seek talks with Ofsted on off-rolling crackdown
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Mar 18, 2019
Inspectors must declare all consultancy work after rule change
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Mar 18, 2019
Amanda Spielman's speech at the 2019 ASCL annual conference
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Mar 16, 2019
Improving schools won't suffer under new inspection framework - Spielman
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Mar 16, 2019
Ofsted plans to entice middle leaders for inspection secondments
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Mar 16, 2019
Ofsted’s off-rolling focus may drive exclusions, leading heads warn
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Mar 16, 2019
Private tutors creating rigged system, Ofsted warned
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Mar 16, 2019
Ofsted slams civil service apprentices scheme for inappropriate management courses
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Mar 14, 2019
Ofsted: We don’t know enough about managed moves
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Mar 14, 2019
Schools need help in tackling knife crime – Ofsted
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Mar 13, 2019
Ofsted and deeper learning: it’s like learning, but deeper
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Mar 13, 2019
Schools cannot tackle knife crime alone - Ofsted
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Mar 13, 2019
DfE does not know how many schools illegally segregate pupils
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Mar 13, 2019
Ofsted backs primary school over Muslim parents who pull kids from class in protest at gay lessons
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Mar 12, 2019
Knife crime: safeguarding children and young people in education
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Mar 12, 2019
HMCI commentary on knife crime
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Mar 12, 2019
Ofsted: Stronger partnerships needed to tackle knife crime
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Mar 12, 2019
Schools are failing to teach pupils about knife crime for fear of 'reputational' damage, Ofsted finds
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Mar 12, 2019
Ofsted questions exclusions of pupils carrying blades
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Mar 12, 2019
Ofsted's mixed messages on off-rolling
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Mar 12, 2019
Knife crime: Don't land responsibility on schools, says Ofsted
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Mar 12, 2019
Schools are too scared to crack down on knife crime in case it puts off parents, says head of Ofsted
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Mar 12, 2019
Funding cuts hamper knife crime prevention in England, say schools
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Mar 12, 2019
Parkfield Community School: Ofsted says LGBT lessons are 'appropriate'
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Mar 12, 2019
Ofsted rules Parkfield’s LGBT lessons are ‘age-appropriate’
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Mar 12, 2019
Birmingham primary school in LGBT row cleared by watchdog
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Mar 12, 2019
Ofsted praises school at centre of LGBT lessons row
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Mar 12, 2019
Don’t blame school exclusions for rise in knife crime, watchdog says
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Mar 12, 2019
Schools are ignoring rules over knife exclusions, Ofsted warns
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Mar 12, 2019
Some children more likely to be criminalised for carrying knife on basis of academic record, Ofsted says
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Mar 12, 2019
London schools lack ‘ability and resources’ to tackle knife crime – Ofsted
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Mar 12, 2019
Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4
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Mar 6, 2019
Ex-Ofsted chief blasts heads who cut lessons on Fridays
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Mar 3, 2019
How well do you know your school's curriculum?
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Mar 3, 2019
School accused of off-rolling by Ofsted could have funding axed
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Mar 1, 2019
Ofsted warns of secondaries 'gaming' EAL qualification
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Feb 28, 2019
Ofsted and your wellbeing
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Feb 27, 2019
Formally recruiting subject advisers 'too bureaucratic', says Ofsted
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Feb 27, 2019
Ofsted: ‘No formal recruitment process’ for subject curriculum groups
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Feb 27, 2019
Ofsted accused of promoting ‘snake oil’ school-improvement industry
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Feb 26, 2019
How can we improve Ofsted’s role in school improvement?
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Feb 22, 2019
What are the rules on teaching about LGBT+ issues and relationships in schools?
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Feb 21, 2019
Pupils should be taught that some children have 'two mummies or two daddies', Ofsted chief says
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Feb 21, 2019
Schools should teach pupils about same-sex couples, Ofsted boss says
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Feb 21, 2019
Ofsted says schools should teach pupils about same-sex couples
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Feb 21, 2019
Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4
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Feb 18, 2019
Ofsted refuses to name 300 'off-rolling' schools
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Feb 17, 2019
Teachers at a Steiner school 'thought it appropriate for pupils to sit on a teacher's lap'
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Feb 16, 2019
County lines report calls on Ofsted to prioritise inclusion
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Feb 13, 2019
Intention and substance: primary school science curriculum research
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Feb 12, 2019
Schools tell DfE funding pressures are stopping innovation
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Feb 11, 2019
5 signs you used to work in an 'inadequate' school
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Feb 9, 2019
If it works for apprentices and employers, it works for Ofsted
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Feb 9, 2019
Ofsted's direction of travel is right
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Feb 6, 2019
Shock at Ofsted chief's ‘lack of knowledge’ of peer abuse guidance
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Feb 6, 2019
Ofsted chief denies pursuing 'anti-faith agenda'
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Feb 5, 2019
E-ACT insists it has ‘zero-tolerance’ approach to off-rolling after Ofsted findings
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Feb 5, 2019
Spielman: Ofsted has identified off-rolling at three schools
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Feb 5, 2019
Ofsted asks government to look closely at Steiner schools in England
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Feb 1, 2019
Ofsted's evidence base must include FE
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Jan 30, 2019
Government 'not supporting Ofsted on equalities'
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Jan 30, 2019
Ofsted lacks government support to tackle inequalities, warns director
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Jan 30, 2019
Heads can report Ofsted inspectors on new workload hotline
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Jan 28, 2019
Spielman: Ofsted is 'not dictating' the curriculum by supporting EBacc target
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Jan 26, 2019
Spielman: 'Tell curriculum consultants where to go'
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Jan 26, 2019
Amanda Spielman's speech from the 'Wonder Years' knowledge curriculum conference
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Jan 26, 2019
Colleges will put learners on inappropriate courses without funding increase, warns Ofsted boss
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Jan 23, 2019
Exclusions: Ofsted will look more closely at ‘repeat’ patterns of suspension
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Jan 20, 2019
'On behaviour, schools and colleges are closer than they seem'
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Jan 20, 2019
5 unintended consequences of the new Ofsted framework
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Jan 20, 2019
Ofsted mulls plan to demand off-rolling evidence from schools
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Jan 19, 2019
Ofsted research for new inspections 'based on uni students'
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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
Ofsted and DfE staff nabbed for Brexit planning
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Jan 18, 2019
Ofsted plans overhaul of inspections to look beyond exam results
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted warns: Exclude pupils and you push up crime
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Jan 13, 2019
More children sent to referral units where gang leaders can target them
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Jan 12, 2019
Schools failing to let pupils hear about A level alternatives
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Jan 9, 2019
Heads fear Ofsted will penalise three-year GCSEs
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Jan 9, 2019
Ofsted under fire for sharing new inspection plans with MATs
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Jan 7, 2019
Ofsted delay hits childminders
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Jan 7, 2019
Ofsted watch: An ‘outstanding’ start to the new year
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Jan 4, 2019
Will Ofsted's curriculum vision be reduced to a box-ticking exercise?
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Jan 3, 2019
Ofsted reveals launch date for inspection consultation
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Dec 28, 2018
Students should choose courses they love
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Dec 24, 2018
Ofsted is considering new assessment to ensure schools look after pupils’ mental health and wellbeing
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Dec 22, 2018
Ofsted wins appeal against ruling its damning inspection of academy school was ‘unfair’ in £700,000 legal battle
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Dec 22, 2018
Ofsted wins appeal against school that blocked inspection report in the courts
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Dec 22, 2018
Schools targeted with fake Ofsted banners over ‘inadequate’ LGBT sex and relationships education
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Dec 21, 2018
Ofsted wins Court of Appeal case against Durand Academy
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Dec 21, 2018
Iran’s school in London told to shape up
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Dec 21, 2018
Early years and childcare statistics
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Dec 20, 2018
Why won't Ofsted admit that pupil background can hinder schools?
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Dec 19, 2018
Ofsted: gender pay gap report and data 2018
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Dec 19, 2018
Ofsted: gender pay gap report and data
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Dec 19, 2018
Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4
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Dec 19, 2018
Curriculum research: assessing intent, implementation and impact
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Dec 19, 2018
Commentary on curriculum research - phase 3
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Dec 19, 2018
Ofsted’s gender pay gap grows while the DfE’s narrows
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Dec 19, 2018
Policy Exchange: Deny top Ofsted grades to schools that fail to demand good behaviour
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Dec 17, 2018
Policy Eye - highlights of the week ending 14 December
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Dec 14, 2018
MAT summary evaluations: Damian Hinds writes to Ofsted
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Dec 13, 2018
How can primaries offer a broad curriculum and still get literacy right?
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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
'Ofsted is the biggest bully in our playgrounds'
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Dec 13, 2018
Ofsted Early Years Pedagogy and Practice Forum members announced
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Dec 12, 2018
Ofsted must remember that primaries and secondaries operate very differently
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Dec 12, 2018
The experts on Ofsted's early years forum
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Dec 12, 2018
Primary schools score poorly on curriculum quality
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Dec 11, 2018
Curriculum research: assessing intent, implementation and impact
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Dec 11, 2018
Ofsted research paves the way to a sunnier upland
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Dec 11, 2018
Where's the public outcry over prison education?
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Dec 11, 2018
The school happiness standards agency
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Dec 10, 2018
Improving school accountability: the next steps
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Dec 10, 2018
Ofsted to replace Parent view to encourage feedback
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Dec 10, 2018
Further education and skills inspections and outcomes: management information
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Dec 10, 2018
Hundreds of teachers struggle with spelling, maths and knowledge of the curriculum
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Dec 10, 2018
Ofsted to inspect private Steiner schools over safeguarding concerns
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Damian Hinds
Dec 9, 2018
Urgent inspections of Steiner Schools ordered by Education Secretary
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Dec 9, 2018
The free school facing funding axe
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Dec 9, 2018
Practise what you preach on SEND, Ofsted told
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Dec 9, 2018
Top marks for large groups
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Dec 9, 2018
Apprenticeship quality remains a ‘mixed picture’, says Ofsted's Paul Joyce
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Dec 8, 2018
Is Ofsted blaming schools for DfE problems?
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Dec 7, 2018
The TES Podcast: Off-rolling, TAs and parents
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Dec 7, 2018
Ofsted watch: Three providers improve to 'good'
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Dec 7, 2018
Trust praised by ministers tops suspensions tables in Ofsted’s areas of concern
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Dec 7, 2018
New inspection regime 'could help Ofsted spot funding pressures'
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Dec 6, 2018
New inspection regime 'could help Ofsted spot funding pressures'
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Dec 6, 2018
School funding remains Ofsted's elephant in the room
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Dec 6, 2018
Failing Steiner school to be moved to new trust
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Dec 6, 2018
Education secretary disagrees with Ofsted and not blaming colleges for ‘false hope’ job prospects
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Dec 6, 2018
Special needs children are being betrayed by the state | Jenny Hewitson
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Dec 6, 2018
DfE exclusions review to examine off-rolling
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Dec 5, 2018
Early years and childcare statistics
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Dec 5, 2018
'Schools and trusts have lost sight of who matters'
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Dec 5, 2018
Can we get some clear messaging from Ofsted on exclusions?
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Dec 5, 2018
'It's naive to believe there won't be an Ofsted curriculum'
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Dec 5, 2018
Educating Manchester head Drew Povey says council bullied him in 'harrowing' investigation
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Dec 5, 2018
Teachers should not take on the role of parents
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Dec 5, 2018
Nurseries are stifling children because they fear health and safety laws, experts claim
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Dec 5, 2018
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted Annual Report 2017/18
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted Annual Report 2017/18: education, children’s services and skills
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Dec 4, 2018
Amanda Spielman launches Ofsted's Annual Report 2017/18
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted Chief Inspector launches her second Annual Report on state of education and children’s care in England
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Dec 4, 2018
Tom Bennett: Off-rolling is detestable, but let’s be careful
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Dec 4, 2018
Well done, but what took you so long, Ofsted?
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Dec 4, 2018
Apprenticeship funding bands to be reviewed
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted warns teachers against 'gimmicks' such as Brain Gym
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted chief says inspectors need greater powers to crack down on illegal schools because watchdog currently has 'one arm tied behind our back'
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted calls for greater powers to close down illegal schools as suspected cases reach nearly 500
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted understands the challenges for further education
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Dec 4, 2018
Children’s physical development stifled by ‘undue concerns’ about health and safety in nurseries, Ofsted warns
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted refuses to name and shame off-rolling suspects
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Dec 4, 2018
Potty shaming – why blaming the parents is a political act | Zoe Williams
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Dec 4, 2018
Nurseries stifle children by playing it safe, warns Ofsted
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Dec 4, 2018
Spielman: Shortcomings in SEND support a national scandal
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted report fails to acknowledge funding crisis
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Dec 4, 2018
Special educational needs and mental health top of the education agenda today
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Dec 4, 2018
Schools North East statement: Ofsted Annual Report 2018
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Dec 4, 2018
Voice welcomes Ofsted report for highlighting ‘scandal’ of missing special needs support
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted Annual Report
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Dec 4, 2018
AELP response to the Ofsted annual report
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Dec 4, 2018
UCU response to Ofsted annual report
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Dec 4, 2018
NASUWT comments on Ofsted's annual report
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Dec 4, 2018
A lack of sponsors? Simple, ditch compulsory academisation
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted could do more to reward schools for being inclusive
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted’s two-in-one 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
Why is Ofsted silent on the school funding crisis?
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Dec 4, 2018
Stuck schools and 5 other key findings in Ofsted's annual report
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Dec 4, 2018
Support for children with special needs is too ‘disjointed and inconsistent’, Ofsted report warns
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted Chief Inspector discusses her second Annual Report, launched today
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Dec 4, 2018
FE sector welcomes Ofsted's FE funding 'wake-up call'
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Dec 4, 2018
DfE says Ofsted's SEND statistics out of date
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted annual report 2017-18: key points for FE
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted: 'Halfway house' approach to academisation is not working
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted: Nearly 10k off-rolled pupils disappearing from school system
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted’s annual report 2018: Watchdog ‘concerned’ over SEND exclusions, and 8 more findings
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Dec 4, 2018
Government must do more for ‘left behind’ children, says Ofsted chief
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted annual report warns apprenticeship levy being spent on graduate scheme rebadging
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted: School leadership capacity 'worryingly thin'
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted annual report reveals plight of ‘stuck schools’
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Dec 4, 2018
List of providers who have been judged to have outstanding overall effectiveness in an Ofsted inspection
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted: Nearly 10k off-rolled pupils disappearing from school system
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Dec 4, 2018
Heads urge Ofsted to look at school funding pressures
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Dec 4, 2018
Missing special needs support 'a national scandal'
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Dec 4, 2018
Need to know: Amanda Spielman
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Dec 3, 2018
Gibb tells Ofsted to inspect 10% of outstanding schools
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Dec 3, 2018
Ofsted accused of moving towards 'telling schools what to do'
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Dec 3, 2018
Ofsted criticised for 'unreliable' wellbeing survey
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Dec 3, 2018
Need to know: Amanda Spielman
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Dec 3, 2018
Stop potty shaming us, parents tell Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman
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Dec 3, 2018
Ofsted warns parents not to 'abdicate duties'
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Dec 2, 2018
Parents must not abdicate role to schools, says Ofsted chief
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Dec 2, 2018
Potty training is your job, parents are told by Ofsted chief
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Dec 2, 2018
Parents 'must not abdicate duties' to teachers, says Ofsted
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Dec 2, 2018
Schools alone cannot tackle knife crime and obesity, says Ofsted chief
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Dec 2, 2018
Schools can’t be substitute parents, Ofsted chief warns
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Dec 2, 2018
Ofsted boss Amanda Spielman: potty training is a parent’s job
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Dec 2, 2018
AOs investigate private provider to church groups following misuse of funding concerns
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Dec 1, 2018
Debra Gray: Ofsted is wrong about arts and media courses
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Dec 1, 2018
Spielman using perception not facts on arts and media job prospects, says principal
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Dec 1, 2018
Lack of funding is harming teacher wellbeing, Ofsted finds
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Nov 30, 2018
Ofsted research shows 7 in 10 school leaders work in their free time every day
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Nov 30, 2018
Ofsted ‘worried’ heads are failing to delegate curriculum design to subject leads
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Nov 29, 2018
Ofsted 'should only give top grade to schools promoting creative subjects'
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Nov 29, 2018
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Nov 27, 2018
Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4
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Nov 27, 2018
Future of Educating Greater Manchester hangs in the balance
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Nov 27, 2018
As Ofsted turns up the heat on the sector over curriculum, how should colleges respond?
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Nov 27, 2018
Educating Greater Manchester school Harrop Fold placed in special measures
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Nov 26, 2018
Heads' leaders wants pay rise for Ofsted inspectors
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Nov 26, 2018
The TES Podcast: Champagne, teachers and reading
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Nov 23, 2018
Colleges are giving arts and media students 'false hope' of landing glamorous jobs, claims Ofsted chief
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Nov 22, 2018
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Nov 21, 2018
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Nov 21, 2018
Childminders and childcare providers: register with Ofsted
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Nov 21, 2018
Amanda Spielman at the 2018 AoC Annual Conference
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Nov 21, 2018
Further education colleges are giving students 'false hope', Ofsted chief says
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Nov 21, 2018
Colleges exaggerating arts students' career prospects, says Ofsted chief
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Nov 21, 2018
Spielman opens up on new Ofsted framework
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Nov 21, 2018
Almost 1 in 4 private schools fail to meet standards, Ofsted finds
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Nov 20, 2018
FErret: Keep an eye on Ofsted for the hidden drama at AoC
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Nov 19, 2018
Curriculum expert Christine Counsell leaving Inspiration Trust
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Nov 16, 2018
Ofsted inspection framework: the OTHER major policy scrap in Whitehall
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Nov 15, 2018
ESFA terminates levy contract for apprenticeship provider after Ofsted report critical of government departments
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Nov 15, 2018
Child criminal exploitation 'still not properly understood', Ofsted warns
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Nov 14, 2018
Thousands of schools to miss out on improvement funding
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Nov 14, 2018
Drug gangs targeting private school pupils, warns Ofsted
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Nov 14, 2018
Ofsted chief fires warning on drug gangs which are recruiting children as young as 12 years old
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Nov 14, 2018
Ofsted now risks spreading itself too thin
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Nov 13, 2018
Multiplication check to focus on 'most difficult' times tables
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Nov 13, 2018
24 slides set out Ofsted's new inspection regime
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Nov 12, 2018
'On teacher workload, Ofsted could make a big difference'
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Nov 12, 2018
Online progs vs trads debate ‘too polarised’, warns Ofsted research chief
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Nov 12, 2018
Ofsted: Drugs gangs exploiting zero-tolerance discipline
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Nov 11, 2018
£2.4m on research is money well spent, says Ofsted boss
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Nov 11, 2018
Ofsted London: schools need to do more to tackle knife crime
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Nov 11, 2018
Ofsted watch: A ‘good’ week for sixth form colleges
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Nov 9, 2018
£16k for schools rated ‘requires improvement’ twice
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Nov 9, 2018
Questions surround DfE’s ability to ban poor HE apprenticeship providers
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Nov 9, 2018
‘Falling through the cracks’: thousands of apprenticeships going unregulated
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Nov 9, 2018
Under-fire Ofsted plans research to assess impact of school funding cuts
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Nov 9, 2018
'Ofsted's new framework: what it will mean for FE'
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Nov 8, 2018
Charity urges Ofsted to focus on wellbeing
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Nov 7, 2018
Why Ofsted's new framework won't work
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Nov 7, 2018
'Stuck schools have rendered Ofsted useless'
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Nov 7, 2018
The Guardian view on academy schools: cracks in the system | Editorial
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Nov 6, 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
Daisy Christodoulou: Why I changed my mind about Ofsted
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Nov 6, 2018
Ofsted asking FE staff to share views on provision
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Nov 6, 2018
Ofsted 'needs more access' to private school inspections
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Nov 6, 2018
Ofsted demands greater power to check on private school inspectorates
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Nov 6, 2018
'Ofsted could solve the teacher crisis – here's how'
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Nov 5, 2018
Cut teachers' paperwork so they can focus on developing British children, Education Secretary and Ofsted chief demand in joint letter
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Nov 5, 2018
'Even Ofsted gets the FE funding crisis'
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Nov 4, 2018
How should Ofsted reform itself?
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Nov 3, 2018
Ofsted watch: A trio of ‘inadequate’ providers
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Nov 2, 2018
Employers start to leave reviews on ESFA’s new Trip Advisor-style feature
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Nov 2, 2018
Make mental health part of inspection, Ofsted told
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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
Ofsted slams private sector giant BPP for being unaware of the ‘slow progress’ apprentices make
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Nov 1, 2018
Ofsted Parent View: management information
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Oct 31, 2018
Why can't schools break free from cycle of chronic underperformance?
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Oct 31, 2018
Eight more suspected ‘illegal schools’ under criminal investigation
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Oct 31, 2018
95% of parents snub Ofsted survey
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Oct 31, 2018
Damning Ofsted visit brands special needs charity’s apprenticeships ‘inadequate’
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Oct 31, 2018
Ofsted chief criticises 'scandal' of schools stuck in a rut of failure
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Oct 31, 2018
'Nothing short of a scandal' Ofsted chief condemns hundreds of schools for underperforming for more than a decade
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Oct 31, 2018
Ofsted calls for register of home-schooled pupils
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Oct 31, 2018
Cuts to funding affecting FE quality, says Ofsted
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Oct 31, 2018
Ofsted move ‘could favour knowledge curriculum’
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Oct 31, 2018
The 6 ‘major risks’ to the quality of education, according to Ofsted
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Oct 31, 2018
'The education system's blind spot' - outstanding schools
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Oct 31, 2018
Ofsted boss backs calls for more 16-to-18 cash to combat falling standards
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Oct 31, 2018
Ofsted move ‘could favour knowledge curriculum’
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Oct 31, 2018
Childminders and childcare providers: The two types of Ofsted registers
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Oct 30, 2018
Childminders and childcare providers: Ofsted registration requirements
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Oct 30, 2018
Childminders and childcare providers: Information about the fees that Ofsted charges to register
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Oct 30, 2018
Childminders and childcare providers: Childcare and the law
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Oct 30, 2018
Ofsted 'needs powers to close illegal schools'
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Oct 30, 2018
Don’t interrupt reading with questions, says Ofsted
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Oct 30, 2018
Third of outstanding primaries lack top progress scores
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Oct 30, 2018
Free school slammed by Ofsted after refusing to enter any students for GCSEs
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Oct 29, 2018
Revealed: Another four apprenticeship providers banned from taking new recruits
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Oct 29, 2018
Suicides among at-risk children up 30 per cent
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Oct 26, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Mixed results for private providers
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Oct 26, 2018
Unregistered school in London prosecuted in landmark court case
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Oct 24, 2018
Two convicted for running illegal school with 50 pupils in west London
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Oct 24, 2018
Al-Istiqamah Learning Centre director and headteacher convicted of running an illegal school
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Oct 24, 2018
Ofsted clamps down on ‘tutoring’ centre in Southall that was really a full-time school
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Oct 24, 2018
Court fines two who ran unlicensed school with nearly 60 pupils
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Oct 24, 2018
Young people with special needs 'being failed in 44% of areas in England'
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Oct 24, 2018
Two convicted in first prosecution against unregistered school
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Oct 24, 2018
Colin Richards: Ofsted needs to rethink "quality of education"
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Oct 24, 2018
Ofsted ‘discussed’ off-rolling with Outwood Grange
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Oct 24, 2018
KS3 getting more focus because of new GCSEs, says MAT director
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Oct 23, 2018
Duo in court as landmark ‘illegal school’ case begins
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Oct 22, 2018
The private schools that remain open despite standards warnings
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Oct 20, 2018
The private schools that remain open despite standards warnings
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Oct 20, 2018
The private schools that remain open despite standards warnings
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Oct 20, 2018
The Spielman Q&A: ‘Human judgment is not something with crystalline boundaries’
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Oct 20, 2018
Ofsted watch: Good week for colleges but private providers heavily criticised
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Oct 19, 2018
Children's authors welcome Ofsted's move to lighten stress on testing
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Oct 19, 2018
Investigation: Is Ofsted biased about the curriculum?
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Oct 19, 2018
‘Back off our curriculum,’ heads tell ministers and Ofsted
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Oct 17, 2018
What Ofsted needs to recognise about inclusion
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Oct 17, 2018
Steiner free school closure threat over safeguarding concerns
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Oct 16, 2018
Headteacher has answer to new Ofsted requirements
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Oct 16, 2018
New inspection regime to tackle off-rolling, says Ofsted
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Oct 15, 2018
Robin Bevan: Ofsted could end up wasting everyone's time
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Oct 15, 2018
Ofsted backs education committee’s call for new ‘inclusion measure’
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Oct 15, 2018
3aaa: Another wake up call for the ESFA and Ofsted?
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Oct 15, 2018
Why we replaced our local governing bodies with committees
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Oct 15, 2018
The education week that was: Dodgy DfE data and crumbling classrooms
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Oct 14, 2018
Will DfE ban new apprenticeship providers with poor AEB provision in monitoring visits?
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Oct 13, 2018
Ofsted response to the Education Select Committee’s report ‘Forgotten children: alternative provision and the scandal of ever increasing exclusions’ (pdf)
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Oct 12, 2018
Ofsted watch: A mostly positive week for FE and skills
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Oct 12, 2018
Ofsted on hunt for more apprenticeship inspectors
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Oct 12, 2018
The Tes Podcast: Ofsted, crumbling schools and positivity
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Oct 12, 2018
The Tes Podcast: Ofsted, crumbling schools and positivity
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Oct 12, 2018
Hinds gives Ofsted chief vote of confidence
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Oct 12, 2018
Ofsted accused of ‘conflicting signals’ over Barnsley school exclusions
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Oct 12, 2018
New school grades
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Oct 12, 2018
Ofsted will look beyond exam grades to assess schools
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Oct 12, 2018
Ofsted inspectors to stop using exam results as key mark of success
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Oct 11, 2018
Amanda Spielman speech to the SCHOOLS NorthEast summit
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Oct 11, 2018
People connected with Ofsted-registered childcare
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Oct 11, 2018
Ofsted head says focus will shift away from exams
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Oct 11, 2018
Ofsted to drop focus on exam results in school inspections, chief inspector says
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Oct 11, 2018
Ofsted chief ‘horrified’ by accusations of knowledge bias in curriculum review
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Oct 11, 2018
Ofsted reveals exam results are no longer it's focus
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Oct 11, 2018
Spielman: Teachers 'reduced to data managers'
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Oct 11, 2018
Ofsted ‘ignored failures to protect rape victims’
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Oct 11, 2018
What Ofsted's new framework means for further education
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Oct 11, 2018
Ofsted flags shift away from outcomes-led inspections
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Oct 11, 2018
Amanda Spielman sets out vision for new Education Inspection Framework
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Oct 11, 2018
Spielman: Focus on substance over outcomes will help tackle workload
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Oct 11, 2018
Spielman to reveal new inspection judgment headings
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Oct 11, 2018
New staff without DBS 'should not be left alone with children' - Ofsted
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Oct 10, 2018
New staff without DBS 'should not be left alone with children'
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Oct 10, 2018
Ofsted: ‘Embarrassed’ nursery teachers don't sing
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Oct 5, 2018
The Tes Podcast: Tory conference, Ofsted row and taking risks
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Oct 5, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Trio of poor monitoring visit reports
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Oct 5, 2018
Ofsted in dark over 3aaa but also to blame
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Oct 5, 2018
How to avoid the feedback trap
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Oct 4, 2018
MAT chief warns Ofsted changes 'mean more work'
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Oct 3, 2018
'Too many pupils will suffer if we delay inspection reform'
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Oct 3, 2018
Ofsted says 'powerful vested interests’ oppose its reforms
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Oct 3, 2018
Three in five teachers still required to triple mark, survey reveals
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Oct 2, 2018
Ofsted can’t impartially inspect curriculum, says Teach First
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Oct 2, 2018
Ofsted bats away claims of favouritism in curriculum research row
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Oct 1, 2018
Teachers should ‘call out’ Ofsted inspectors on workload, says minister
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Oct 1, 2018
Failing colleges that merge 'can expect' Ofsted monitoring visit
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Oct 1, 2018
Come on Amanda, ditch the Ofsted grading for schools
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Sep 29, 2018
Offloading weak pupils could hit school’s rating
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Sep 29, 2018
Ofsted watch: Mega apprenticeship provider to high-profile employers hit with grade three
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Sep 28, 2018
Ofsted says sorry for carrying out wrong kind of inspection
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Sep 28, 2018
Teachers need time to understand the new Ofsted framework
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Sep 26, 2018
Ofsted chief: ‘We have not placed enough emphasis on the curriculum’
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Sep 26, 2018
Teachers need time to understand new Ofsted framework
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Sep 25, 2018
Ofsted refuses to back down after NEU Twitter row
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Sep 24, 2018
Wilshaw: Ofsted can’t afford right calibre staff
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Sep 24, 2018
Shadow minister: 'We'll ban Ofsted banners'
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Sep 24, 2018
Heads divided on Labour academies plan, but Wilshaw says it’s ‘bonkers’
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Sep 24, 2018
Ofsted: working with NEU super-union 'impossible'
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Sep 23, 2018
Ofsted's Amanda Spielman on T-levels, funding and research spending
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Sep 22, 2018
OFSTED letter to ITE partnerships: September 2018
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Sep 21, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Apprenticeship provider 'requires improvement' amid flurry of monitoring visits
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Sep 21, 2018
DfE invests £5.4m in Ofsted early monitoring visits
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Sep 21, 2018
DfE finds much needed apprenticeship monitoring cash
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Sep 21, 2018
Ofsted chief 'not safe pair of hands’, claims union
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Sep 21, 2018
Academy’s new start delayed by deficit discussions
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Sep 20, 2018
Ofsted has lost two thirds of its inspectors amid complaints that the job has become like a 'treadmill'
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Sep 20, 2018
Ofsted Chair delivers landmark lecture at London South East Colleges
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Sep 20, 2018
Ofsted's experience is draining away
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Sep 20, 2018
'To measure wellbeing or not, that's the question'
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Sep 19, 2018
Damning Ofsted visit finds huge employer provider forced staff onto apprenticeships
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Sep 19, 2018
Ofsted identifies 420 possible illegal schools
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Sep 19, 2018
Ofsted chief admits her inspectors make schools 'teach to test' by putting too much weight on exam results when ranking schools
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Sep 18, 2018
Spielman: I don't want a 'pub quiz' curriculum
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Sep 18, 2018
Ofsted to inspect all new apprenticeship providers
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Sep 18, 2018
Be ready to challenge ‘inappropriate’ use of money, academy chiefs told
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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
Ofsted criticises ‘new’ apprenticeship provider for ‘insufficient’ off-the-job training
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Sep 18, 2018
Ofsted admits adding to 'teach-to-the-test' mentality
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Sep 18, 2018
Ofsted to receive cash to visit all new apprenticeship providers
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Sep 18, 2018
Amanda Spielman: curriculum and the new education inspection framework
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Sep 18, 2018
Curriculum will be ‘central focus’ in new Ofsted framework
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Sep 18, 2018
'It's about time we scrap Ofsted's "outstanding"'
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Sep 17, 2018
Spielman: Secondaries giving poor teens primary work
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Sep 16, 2018
'It’s time to put Ofsted out of its misery'
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Sep 16, 2018
The education week that was: Failing accountability and bad news on pay
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Sep 16, 2018
‘Schools give poor pupils easier texts’: Ofsted head’s list of areas to improve
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Sep 15, 2018
Ofsted watch: A trio of 'insufficient progress' reports
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Sep 14, 2018
Spielman warns against over reliance on data
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Sep 14, 2018
Geoff Barton: 'Why are we so obsessed with Ofsted?'
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Sep 13, 2018
‘Without fear or favour’ – MPs urge Ofsted chief to speak out more
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Sep 12, 2018
Funding cuts and bullying hitting Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils, MPs told
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Sep 12, 2018
10 ways for teachers to look after their wellbeing
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Sep 12, 2018
College performance improves, Ofsted reveals
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Sep 12, 2018
Ofsted says some schools are 'pushing away' Gypsy Roma pupils
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Sep 12, 2018
Apprenticeship provision at two providers hangs in the balance following poor Ofsted monitoring visit reports
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Sep 11, 2018
'My career ended before Ofsted had even left the school’
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Sep 11, 2018
'Let's be realistic about what Ofsted can offer'
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Sep 11, 2018
League tables and Ofsted 'driving teachers out'
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Sep 11, 2018
Yes, Ofsted requires improvement – but it can be a powerful force for good | Fiona Millar
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Sep 11, 2018
The gap between reality and rhetoric at Ofsted | Letters
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Sep 10, 2018
SEN pupils make 'weak' progress in Birmingham, report says
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Sep 10, 2018
Hinds backs under-fire Ofsted, and 5 other things we learned at education questions
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Sep 10, 2018
'Why are Ofsted and the DfE split on curriculum?'
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Sep 10, 2018
New blow for ‘unreliable’ Ofsted
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Sep 10, 2018
Information re non-executive appointments to DfE's public bodies: April 2018 - March 2019
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Sep 10, 2018
Effective quality assurance is key to Ofsted success in the FE sector
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Sep 7, 2018
'Effective quality assurance is key to Ofsted success'
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Sep 7, 2018
Parents left guessing by Ofsted cuts, MPs claim
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Sep 7, 2018
Spielman: 'No evidence' cuts are hitting education quality
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Sep 7, 2018
Chief inspector of schools Amanda Spielman rejects MPs’ claims that Ofsted is underperforming
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Sep 7, 2018
Ofsted watch: ‘Good’ news for a UTC and new apprenticeship providers
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Sep 7, 2018
Cross-party MPs accuse Ofsted of underperforming
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Sep 7, 2018
Chief Inspector of Schools defends Ofsted amid scrutiny
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Sep 7, 2018
Ofsted's inspection of schools: sixtieth report of session 2017-19 (pdf)
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Sep 7, 2018
Spielman criticised by MPs for remaining tight-lipped on school funding pressures
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Sep 7, 2018
Private education firm Cognita bought for £2bn by Swiss company
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Sep 4, 2018
Ofsted closes in on gaming schools amid 'alarming data'
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Sep 4, 2018
The effectiveness of FE quality assurance
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Sep 4, 2018
Ofsted announces fresh clampdown on league table ‘gaming’ after ECDL scandal
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Sep 4, 2018
Return oversight of schools to local people, says Sir Michael Wilshaw
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Sep 4, 2018
Ofsted criticises partner agencies for unnecessary child protection referrals
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Sep 4, 2018
Ofsted watch: Loans-funded provider branded ‘inadequate’
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Aug 31, 2018
Ofqual ‘closely monitoring’ investigation by awarding organisation into ‘copy and paste’ assessments
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Aug 30, 2018
Ofsted calls for early years experts
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Aug 30, 2018
Ofsted calls for early years experts
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Aug 30, 2018
Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes: management information
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Aug 29, 2018
Providers could be left in no new business limbo for years after Ofsted apprenticeship monitoring visit
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Aug 28, 2018
Spielman warns off-rolling ‘could get worse’ after sharp rise in pupils leaving school before GCSEs
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Aug 28, 2018
Schools 'off-roll thousands to boost results'
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Aug 28, 2018
Ofsted refuses to explain five-figure bonuses
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Aug 28, 2018
Schools accused of excluding weak pupils
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Aug 28, 2018
Ofsted watch: A 'good' two weeks for employer providers
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Aug 24, 2018
Ofsted slaps provider with grade 4 after evidence of copy and paste assessments
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Aug 24, 2018
Hinds calls on Ofsted to reward good school SEND support
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Aug 22, 2018
Exam boards market GCSE-style tests for Year 7s
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Aug 21, 2018
Should schools be judged by their exam results?
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Aug 21, 2018
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Aug 20, 2018
Majority of teachers don’t trust Ofsted
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Aug 20, 2018
How teachers view Ofsted: 7 things we learned today
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Aug 20, 2018
Teaching ideas to bin: Ofsted gradings
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Aug 20, 2018
Teachers do not trust OFSTED - Survey
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Aug 20, 2018
Sharp rise in DfE and Ofsted tension over new inspection plans
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Aug 18, 2018
Early years and childcare services: EY3 changes to individuals
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Aug 16, 2018
Ofsted given final say over new apprenticeship provider quality
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Aug 16, 2018
Exclusive: Ofsted set to scrap teaching and learning grade
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Aug 15, 2018
How will Ofsted inspect a school's curriculum?
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Aug 15, 2018
It’s a bit late now to say exams aren’t everything | Alice Thomson
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Aug 15, 2018
Ofsted Online service delay in processing applications
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Aug 14, 2018
Is there a battle brewing over Ofsted’s curriculum plans?
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Aug 14, 2018
DfE and Ofsted at odds over exams
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Aug 13, 2018
Speculation surrounding A Level reforms and Ofsted's Assessment Framework
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Aug 13, 2018
Ofqual re-launches results-day app to allow comparisons of annual variations in GCSE and A-level results
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Aug 13, 2018
Ofsted's proposals could increase workload yet again
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Aug 13, 2018
Ofsted 'to mark down exam-factory schools'
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Aug 12, 2018
Schools inspector threatens D-minus for ‘exam factories’
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Aug 12, 2018
Ofsted watch: Improvement for struggling FE providers
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Aug 10, 2018
Ofsted claims ‘huge number’ of £2.4m set-aside for research projects will be FE-related
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Aug 9, 2018
Ofsted watch: A ‘reasonable’ week for new apprenticeship providers
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Aug 3, 2018
Wrongly disqualified school staff waited months to return to work
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Aug 3, 2018
Ofsted: more cash needed before campus-level inspections become reality
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Aug 3, 2018
Ofsted criticised for allowing college mergers to be excuse for turning a blind eye to failure
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Aug 3, 2018
Nursery slammed by Ofsted for failing to spot if kids as young as two might become jihadis
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Aug 2, 2018
Campus-level reporting for colleges gets go ahead
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Aug 1, 2018
Five things I wish I could leave behind in 2017-18
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Jul 30, 2018
Strong leaders always put the children first
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Jul 28, 2018
Ofsted watch: ‘Unsafe’ college makes rapid safety improvements
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Jul 27, 2018
DfE gives IoT bid special treatment to grade 3 NCG
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Jul 26, 2018
A trip down memory lane would serve Ofsted well
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Jul 23, 2018
Ofsted: Schools must inform governors about inspections
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Jul 21, 2018
Ofsted watch: Best and worst of FE on show
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Jul 20, 2018
The national reference test cost more than £2m, and six other things we learned from Ofqual’s annual report
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Jul 19, 2018
PM praises rise in apprenticeship quality despite Ofsted’s warning of a decline
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Jul 18, 2018
Ofsted's report on obesity slammed for ignoring experts
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Jul 18, 2018
Ofsted report sparks obesity row
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Jul 18, 2018
Obesity, healthy eating and physical activity in primary schools
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Jul 18, 2018
Schools not ‘silver bullet’ to tackling childhood obesity
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Jul 18, 2018
Schools should stop telling parents how to raise their children, Ofsted report says
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Jul 18, 2018
Schools alone cannot fix childhood obesity, says Ofsted boss
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Jul 18, 2018
Schools alone cannot solve childhood obesity crisis, Ofsted warns
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Jul 18, 2018
Ofsted says schools can’t fix childhood obesity, but advisory panel members disagree
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Jul 18, 2018
Ofsted considers tougher inspection regime for secure training centres
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Jul 17, 2018
Five more inspection 'myths' Ofsted wants to bust
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Jul 17, 2018
Ofsted spot check prompts first 'inadequate' rating under new framework
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Jul 17, 2018
'Does Ofsted even understand British Values?'
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Jul 16, 2018
Training for hundreds of glass industry apprentices branded ‘inadequate’
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Jul 16, 2018
August is key merger month amid 17 partnerships for 2018
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Jul 16, 2018
Ofsted: Schools are ‘responsible’ for challenging health and care aspects of EHCPs
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Jul 15, 2018
‘Show more respect for religious schools’, Jewish faith leaders tell Ofsted
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Jul 14, 2018
Ofsted watch: Three ‘new’ apprenticeship providers make reasonable progress
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Jul 14, 2018
Inspection gap for outstanding schools widens to 11 years, and other findings from Ofsted
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Jul 12, 2018
Ofsted allowed to appeal Durand High Court ruling
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Jul 12, 2018
Progress 8 bias against white working-class schools is a 'red herring'
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Jul 11, 2018
Teachers need to ‘instil British values in students to stop them from becoming extremists’
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Jul 10, 2018
Don’t let faith groups influence what schools teach, warns Ofsted chief
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Jul 9, 2018
Amanda Spielman's speech to the Policy Exchange think tank
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Jul 9, 2018
Ofsted chief accuses minority groups of 'entitlement' in hijab row
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Jul 9, 2018
Amanda Spielman: schools must not allow minority groups to dictate policy on hijabs or lessons
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Jul 9, 2018
Learndirect criticised by Ofsted for ‘confusion’ over apprentices’ transfer
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Jul 9, 2018
Schools must not allow minority groups to dictate policy on hijabs or lessons, Ofsted chief warns
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Jul 9, 2018
Ofsted DOES care about the early years
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Jul 6, 2018
Education secretary Damian Hinds attacks schools that 'off-roll' special needs pupils to improve league table rankings
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Jul 6, 2018
‘Inadequate’ academy faces termination of funding over standards
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Jul 6, 2018
Bad week for providers – especially UTCs
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Jul 6, 2018
3aaa inspection ‘incomplete’ as whistleblowing sparks review
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Jul 6, 2018
‘Unfair’ disqualification by association rules leave hundreds in limbo
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Jul 6, 2018
'Councils have better record than academy trusts'
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Jul 5, 2018
Amanda Spielman at the Education Policy Institute conference
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Jul 3, 2018
Ofsted gives schools no incentive to include SEND pupils, says architect of statementing
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Jul 3, 2018
Spielman: Ofsted inspectors know Progress 8 ‘isn’t perfect’
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Jul 3, 2018
Academy trusts face more scrutiny from Ofsted
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Jul 3, 2018
Ofsted chief criticised over lack of visits to early-years settings
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Jul 2, 2018
‘Disqualification by association’ rules for schools scrapped
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Jul 2, 2018
‘Disqualification by association’ rules for schools scrapped
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Jul 2, 2018
Faith school zealots are abusing girls’ rights. Ofsted is correct to censure | Catherine Bennett
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Jul 1, 2018
Ofsted should renege on its merger deal
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Jun 29, 2018
Ofsted: Bigger colleges aren’t always better
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Jun 29, 2018
Ofsted right to consider separate behaviour judgment, says Nicky Morgan
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Jun 29, 2018
An eighth UTC gets the bottom Ofsted grade
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Jun 28, 2018
Childminder numbers in England plummet
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Jun 27, 2018
NAHT's Nick Brook gives evidence about Ofsted's inspection of schools
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Jun 27, 2018
Childminder numbers drop by 600 in three months
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Jun 27, 2018
More details emerge ahead of new inspection framework
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Jun 27, 2018
Tenth National Pupil Premium and Ofsted Conference
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Jun 27, 2018
Faith school on probation for censoring Sherlock Holmes
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Jun 27, 2018
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish school blacked out bare wrists and Picasso pictures in textbooks
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Jun 26, 2018
Ofsted warns parents could be overmedicating their children as ritalin prescriptions double in a decade
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Jun 26, 2018
Ofsted set to grade providers on 'behaviour and attitudes'
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Jun 26, 2018
Ofsted does not have a preferred style of teaching for early years
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Jun 26, 2018
Ofsted chief warns that Ritalin prescriptions are on the rise, as parent try to medicate away bad behaviour
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Jun 26, 2018
Use of ‘chemical cosh’ drugs on children doubles in a decade
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Jun 26, 2018
Some heads have lost sight of their true purpose, says Ofsted chief
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Amanda Spielman
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Jun 26, 2018
Ofsted Grades here to stay. Now what?
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Jun 25, 2018
Ofsted at the public accounts committee: Five things we learned
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Ofsted
Amanda Spielman
Jun 25, 2018
Schools excluding difficult pupils to keep grades up
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Jun 25, 2018
Ofsted: New apprenticeship provider monitoring visits a ‘concern’ Billy Camden
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Jun 25, 2018
Are Ofsted value for money?
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Ofsted
Jun 23, 2018
Learndirect in talks on rescue sale
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Jun 22, 2018
The Guardian view on mobile phones: schools are better without them | Editorial
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Amanda Spielman
Jun 22, 2018
Ofsted chief’s ‘call to action’ shows her lack of understanding | Letters
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Jun 22, 2018
British working class children ‘lack drive’ of migrant families, Ofsted chief says
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Jun 22, 2018
Ofsted watch: Private provider celebrates grade one
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Jun 22, 2018
Head hits back at Ofsted chief over extremism claims
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Amanda Spielman
Jun 22, 2018
Love Island is a sad reflection of the education system former Ofsted chief says
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Michael Wilshaw
Jun 22, 2018
Snobby ex-Ofsted chief blasts Love Island as ‘appalling’ and a ‘sad reflection on the education system’
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Michael Wilshaw
Jun 22, 2018
Ofsted chief: families of white working-class children 'lack drive' of migrants
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Amanda Spielman
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Jun 22, 2018
Spielman: Writing lines as punishment is ‘entirely appropriate’
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Jun 21, 2018
Ofsted backs return of old-school punishments
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Jun 21, 2018
Ofsted watch: Private provider straight in at grade four
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Jun 15, 2018
Flagship free school had 'predatory pupils' roaming grounds
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Jun 15, 2018
Trouble ahead for NCG with anticipated grade three from Ofsted
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Jun 15, 2018
Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 December 2017
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Jun 14, 2018
Subcontracted provision – compliance vs quality
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Jun 14, 2018
Poorer parents are less likely to send their child to pre-school nursery even though it is free, study finds
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Jun 11, 2018
'Like meerkats, teachers are always on red alert'
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Jun 11, 2018
Schools cannot be expected to solve the child obesity crisis, Ofsted chief to say
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Jun 5, 2018
Rachel de Souza: on Ofsted rumours and backing for ‘vomit school’ head
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Jun 5, 2018
What to expect when Ofsted receives a complaint about your school
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Jun 4, 2018
Six models of lesson observation
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Jun 3, 2018
Who is Amanda Spielman? Ofsted chief inspector who wants to transform early years education
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Amanda Spielman
Nursery schools
Jun 1, 2018
Parents too busy to teach children how to use toilet before starting school, suggests Ofsted boss
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Amanda Spielman
Speech
Jun 1, 2018
Spielman: Growth in reception pupils lacking basic skills
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Amanda Spielman
Vocabulary
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Jun 1, 2018
Ofsted chief calls on nurseries to help close the 'word gap'
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Speech
Jun 1, 2018
Children unable to talk properly when starting school at age four - Ofsted head
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Amanda Spielman
Jun 1, 2018
British kids are starting school unable to speak correctly, dress themselves or use toilets, head of Ofsted warns
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Amanda Spielman
Nursery schools
Jun 1, 2018
Ofsted head makes claim that children starting school 'unable to use toilet'
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Pre-school
Jun 1, 2018
Let your children climb a few trees Ofsted boss tells nursery school staff who remove play equipment
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Amanda Spielman
Safety
May 31, 2018
Should Ofsted observe lessons?
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May 31, 2018
Spielman: Ofsted unable to do ‘full scrutiny’
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Amanda Spielman
May 30, 2018
What is Ofsted? How do school inspection reports work and what do the ratings mean?
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May 29, 2018
The education week that was: Exams and Ofsted
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May 27, 2018
The cycle of fear from school inspections
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May 26, 2018
Ofsted attempts parental charm offensive
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May 25, 2018
Commissioner credits improvements at college Ofsted branded ‘unsafe’
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May 25, 2018
Ofsted watch: Mixed bag at three ‘new’ apprenticeship providers
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Ofsted
May 25, 2018
Ofsted to win apprenticeship money and power
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May 25, 2018
'Ofsted's time is over. We need a new watchdog'
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May 24, 2018
Ofsted 'needs a plan' to stop losing inspectors to MATs
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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 considers its options on lesson observation
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Amanda Spielman
May 22, 2018
Time to radically reform Ofsted
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May 19, 2018
Amanda Spielman’s Ofsted moves away from ‘male-dominated’ culture
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May 18, 2018
Ofsted: Apprenticeships are beginning to look like Train to Gain
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May 18, 2018
Inspiration Trust earns softer Ofsted report after four-month turnaround
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May 18, 2018
Minister admits to confusion over apprenticeship quality accountability
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Anne Milton
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May 15, 2018
Apprenticeships: 7 things we learned
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May 15, 2018
Ofsted launches point-in-time surveys
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May 14, 2018
Ofsted to ask schools how they protect against knives
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May 14, 2018
Ofsted warns council over high child protection caseloads
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May 14, 2018
Ofsted seeking views on residential colleges
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May 14, 2018
Ofsted praises ‘journey of improvement’ at Diocese of Norwich academy trust
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May 14, 2018
Daily roundup 10 May: Free school meals, routine restraint, and daily mile
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May 10, 2018
Has Ofsted got its own recruitment crisis?
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May 10, 2018
School leaders call for an end to growing ‘complaints culture’
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May 9, 2018
The 5 mistakes I have made as a school leader
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May 6, 2018
Education secretary should stop choking schools with Ofsted inspections, Angela Rayner says
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May 5, 2018
Schools could be forced to 'weigh and measure' kids – and would be monitored by Ofsted Schools in England would be assessed by Ofsted in order to monitor progress
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May 3, 2018
Schools could be forced to weigh pupils for Ofsted obesity checks
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May 3, 2018
Ofsted pledges action to stop schools 'off-rolling' challenging pupils
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May 2, 2018
Early years provider non-compliance: action by Ofsted
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May 2, 2018
Ofsted should inspect schools meals - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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May 1, 2018
Ofsted WILL prosecute illegal schools, and 5 other things we learned at education committee
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May 1, 2018
Ofsted inspectors issued with new guidance on Intergenerational co-location
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Apr 30, 2018
Ofsted’s new provider monitoring and subcontracting visits explained
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Apr 30, 2018
Academy trusts poaching Ofsted inspectors with higher salaries, Spielman warns
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Apr 27, 2018
'Sats don't prepare pupils for secondary school. So what's their purpose? To impress Ofsted?'
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Apr 26, 2018
Governors at free school that entered no pupils for GCSEs claim Ofsted bullied them
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Apr 24, 2018
Has Ofsted given up on school case studies?
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Apr 24, 2018
What are parents’ perceptions of Ofsted?
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Apr 19, 2018
Be ‘bold and courageous’ with your curriculum, Ofsted urges
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Apr 18, 2018
Citizenship education in a 'parlous state'
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Apr 18, 2018
Food, fraud and going abroad: What’s on Ofsted’s £1m credit card bill?
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Apr 17, 2018
Chief inspector Amanda Spielman on Ofsted's role in teacher workload
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Amanda Spielman
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Apr 16, 2018
Ofsted announces changes to policy on inspection intervals
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Apr 16, 2018
Nursery group closed over safeguarding fears
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Apr 16, 2018
The education week that was: Parents' confidence in Ofsted takes a knock
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Ofsted
Unions
Apr 15, 2018
Progress 8 ‘penalises schools in white working class communities’, study shows
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Ofsted
Apr 13, 2018
Handbook for short, monitoring and unannounced behaviour school inspections
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Apr 12, 2018
Annual parents survey
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Apr 12, 2018
Fall in number of parents who trust Ofsted judgements
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Apr 12, 2018
Barnfield College placed in administered status following ‘serious decline’ in financial health
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Apr 11, 2018
MATs are misusing public money while Ofsted and RSCs bicker, union leader warns
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Apr 10, 2018
Cap teachers' hours and abolish Ofsted to cut workload, Hinds told
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Damian Hinds
Apr 9, 2018
Vast majority of teachers say DfE effort to cut workload has had no impact
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Ofsted
Unions
Apr 9, 2018
Revealed: Ofsted’s second report into ‘new’ apprenticeship providers
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Apr 6, 2018
How Ofsted supports further education and skills providers
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Apr 4, 2018
Need to know: Your essential Easter teaching conference catch-up
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Ofsted
Apr 3, 2018
Teachers blast Ofsted chief for telling them to quiz girls who wear hijabs
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Ofsted
Hijab
Apr 2, 2018
Ofsted defends itself as teachers say attempts to ban hijab ‘racism dressed as liberalism'
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Amanda Spielman
Ofsted
Apr 1, 2018
Teachers accuse Ofsted boss Amanda Spielman of promoting Islamophobia over stance on hijabs in schools
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Amanda Spielman
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Apr 1, 2018
Hijab ban attempt is 'racism dressed up as liberalism', teachers' conference told
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Amanda Spielman
Ofsted
Apr 1, 2018
Ofsted meets Robocop in fully automated AI/VR Inspections.
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Apr 1, 2018
Teachers set to raise concerns over hijab comments by Ofsted chief
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Amanda Spielman
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Apr 1, 2018
NUT union plans new uniform guidance for schools after Ofsted hijab row
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Amanda Spielman
Ofsted
Mar 30, 2018
Ofsted chief's hijab comments could provoke assaults on girls, union claims
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Amanda Spielman
Ofsted
Mar 30, 2018
Teachers condemn Ofsted chief over hijab comments
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Amanda Spielman
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Hijab
Mar 30, 2018
New college student housing rules published
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Mar 28, 2018
Voice comments on latest Ofsted childcare statistics
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Mar 27, 2018
Ofsted publishes new guidance for inspectors on restraint and restriction of liberty
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Mar 27, 2018
Ofsted statistics show an increase in providers exiting the sector since introduction of the 30 hours
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Mar 27, 2018
Amanda Spielman profile: ‘I don’t want to become a workload problem’
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Mar 24, 2018
Positive environments where children can flourish
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Mar 23, 2018
Amanda Spielman speech to Annual Apprenticeships Conference
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Amanda Spielman
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Mar 23, 2018
Ofsted appears to back colleges in Progress 8 battle
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14-16
Mar 23, 2018
Science is 'dying' in primary schools, teachers warn
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Mar 23, 2018
Cadbury Sixth Form College 'at immediate risk'
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Mar 22, 2018
Ofsted to ‘expose’ rip-off subcontracting top-slices
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Mar 22, 2018
Ofsted grading is on the table
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Mar 22, 2018
Obfuscation, terriers and apologies: Damian Hinds' first outing at the education committee
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Mar 21, 2018
Faith school complains to Theresa May about Ofsted's 'secularist agenda'
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Mar 20, 2018
Ofsted Parents Panel
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Parents
Mar 19, 2018
Using Ofsted’s inspection data summary report (IDSR): 16 to 19
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Mar 19, 2018
More than a third of parents do not think homework is helpful for primary school children, report finds
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Mar 19, 2018
The Tes Podcast: Workload, accountability and the case for curiosity
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Mar 16, 2018
Ofsted is vital to good apprenticeship provision – now more than ever
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Mar 16, 2018
Investigation: Another school set to close as accountability system crumbles
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Mar 16, 2018
Ofsted will now use predecessor school grades in academy statistics
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Mar 15, 2018
School apprenticeship training company ‘not fit for purpose’ says Ofsted
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Mar 15, 2018
Full-time religious schools ordered to sign up to Ofsted
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Mar 15, 2018
Ofsted's Chief Inspector signals some positive changes for teachers and school leaders
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Amanda Spielman
Mar 14, 2018
Why does Ofsted pay an overwhelmingly female group of inspectors less than their colleagues?
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Mar 14, 2018
Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4
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Mar 13, 2018
Ofsted backs school that banned 'meet me at McDonald's' haircut
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Mar 13, 2018
Amanda Spielman's speech at the ASCL annual conference 2018
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Mar 12, 2018
One in five teachers wrongly believe 'backdoor exclusions' are allowed, study finds
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Amanda Spielman
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Mar 12, 2018
Need to know: Independent school inspections under scrutiny
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Mar 12, 2018
Long read: Should we take a promise to abolish Ofsted seriously?
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Mar 11, 2018
Ofsted reluctant to introduce new school check on teacher workload
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Amanda Spielman
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Teacher workload
Mar 10, 2018
Ofsted chief ‘not ruling out’ judging schools on teacher workload
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Mar 10, 2018
Hinds to ‘clarify’ roles of RSCs and Ofsted to ease schools’ confusion
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Damian Hinds
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Mar 10, 2018
Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4
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Mar 9, 2018
State-funded faith school bans internet and censors women's knees
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Mar 9, 2018
Spielman 'not concerned' by lack of children's centre inspections
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Mar 8, 2018
Ofsted safeguarding policy
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Mar 8, 2018
School inspection handbook
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Mar 8, 2018
Has the UK become a country that really doesn’t like children? | Polly Toynbee
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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
Ofsted boss 'concerned' about surge in home education as under-pressure schools 'shovel' children back to parents
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Mar 7, 2018
Sixth-form college no longer of concern
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Mar 7, 2018
Ofsted Chief Inspector questioned
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Amanda Spielman
Mar 7, 2018
Children in unregistered schools taught with books advocating men beating their wives, Ofsted Chief Inspector warns
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Mar 7, 2018
DfE should track out-of-school children and six other key messages from Ofsted chief
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Mar 7, 2018
Cut school autonomy to prevent bullying of headteachers, says 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
Lib Dem education spokesman praises Ofsted a day after party calls for watchdog to be scrapped
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Mar 6, 2018
Ofsted gunning for 'voodoo consultants' peddling 'vampiric' mocksteds
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Amanda Spielman
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
Ofsted says settings are 'not physical enough'
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Mar 5, 2018
The education week that was: Snow days, northern standards and teacher fads
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Mar 4, 2018
Ofsted boss calls for teachers to prove subject knowledge to stay qualified
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Mar 3, 2018
UTC censured for multiple breaches of government funding rules
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Mar 2, 2018
Ofsted Chief Inspector questioned
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Mar 2, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Tough week for UTCs as two get ‘requires improvement’
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Mar 2, 2018
Hacking could cause you 'significant harm', Ofqual warns exam boards
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Mar 2, 2018
Providers must not get 'too big to fail', committee urges
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Mar 2, 2018
Teachers are still falling for 'fads', warns senior Ofsted official
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Mar 1, 2018
Teacher training providers must now 'maximise' recruitment to get Ofsted 'outstanding' rating
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Feb 28, 2018
Ofsted pays men 8% more than women – and 21% more in bonuses
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Feb 28, 2018
Men are paid 8% more and get 20% larger bonuses at Ofsted
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Feb 28, 2018
Ofsted confirms new stricter rules for grade 3 providers
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Feb 28, 2018
Unregistered schools
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Feb 27, 2018
Special measures school left unsupported after WCAT collapse, Ofsted finds
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Feb 26, 2018
Education secretary Damian Hinds plans crackdown on illegal schools as fears of radicalisation grow
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Feb 25, 2018
Short inspections of good schools: maintained schools and academies
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Feb 23, 2018
Initial teacher education (ITE) inspections and outcomes: management information
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Feb 23, 2018
College group giant welcomes move to campus level inspection
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Feb 23, 2018
OFSTED management information on ITE (Feb 2018)
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Feb 23, 2018
Ofsted - Supplementary Estimate 2017-18 Memorandum (pdf)
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Feb 23, 2018
Independent school inspection fees and standards
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Feb 22, 2018
Government confirms 638% hike in small private school inspection fees
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Feb 22, 2018
Leader: University tuition fees and the common good
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Feb 21, 2018
Newham council let St Stephen’s School down, Ofsted rules
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Feb 21, 2018
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Feb 20, 2018
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Feb 20, 2018
Ofsted: Hijab row school got ‘ineffective’ support from council
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Feb 20, 2018
Ofsted announces crackdown on school exclusion 'hot spots'
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Feb 20, 2018
Teachers at school in Newham that banned hijab were failed by council, say inspectors
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Feb 20, 2018
Northern schools excluding high number of teens to receive Ofsted warning
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Feb 20, 2018
Ofsted warns secondary schools to stop suspending poorly performing students
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Feb 20, 2018
Ofsted to look at off-rolling malpractice in the north-east
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Feb 20, 2018
Ofsted attacks high rates of secondary exclusions in the North and North East
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Feb 20, 2018
Ofsted on exclusions: The 10 areas that exclude the most pupils
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Feb 20, 2018
Schools told to explain high exclusion rates
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Feb 20, 2018
The early years sector must deliver a visceral response to Ofsted's caricatures and tropes
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Feb 18, 2018
‘Cautious’ teachers need social media support from schools
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Feb 17, 2018
Ofsted Parent View: management information
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Feb 16, 2018
The Tes podcast: Times tables, prison schools and Ofsted vs the DfE
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Feb 16, 2018
Primary pupils taught creationism in science lessons at Kings Kids Christian School
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Feb 16, 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 12, 2018
Ofsted head to be questioned over backing for hijab ban
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Feb 9, 2018
Ofsted decides to dtich self-evaluation form
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Feb 9, 2018
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Feb 9, 2018
Ofsted’s use of Artificial Intelligence: how smart is it to automate risk assessments?
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Feb 9, 2018
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Feb 8, 2018
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Feb 8, 2018
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Feb 7, 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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Ofsted announces tougher approach to monitoring subcontracting
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Feb 6, 2018
The problem with teaching ‘British values’ in school
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Feb 6, 2018
Schoolgirls wearing a hijab is a path to extremism? Now that’s a leap | Samira Shackle
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Feb 6, 2018
Parents being talked into homeschooling troubled children
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Feb 6, 2018
Private firms profiting from illegal alternative provision, Ofsted warns
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Feb 5, 2018
Ofsted spending over £25,000: 2017
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Feb 5, 2018
Let's not sacrifice play-based learning for a more structured reception experience
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Feb 5, 2018
What possible evidence does Ofsted chief have to suggest religious extremists are ‘perverting’ education?
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Feb 5, 2018
Bold Beginnings: getting the message over
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Feb 5, 2018
Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman targeted by anti-semites in hijab row
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Feb 4, 2018
Ofsted rejects plans to monitor schools via social media
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Feb 3, 2018
Ofsted must defend creative subjects | Letters
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Feb 2, 2018
Learndirect enters redundancy talks
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Feb 2, 2018
Ofsted backs hijab ban for children under eight in primary school row
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Feb 1, 2018
Ofsted boss attacks Church of England schools for making it harder to tackle extremism
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Feb 1, 2018
Religious extremists want to 'pervert education'
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Ofsted attacks Church of England for blocking extremism efforts
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Feb 1, 2018
Daily roundup 1 February: Religious extremism, body piercing, and domestic abuse
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Feb 1, 2018
Religious extremists are using school to cut children off from society, warns Ofsted head
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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
Schools are being used to 'indoctrinate' students with extremist ideology, warns Ofsted boss
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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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Feb 1, 2018
Religious extremists are targeting schools to ‘pervert’ education and undermine British values, says Ofsted chief
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Feb 1, 2018
Senior Ofsted official backs headteacher over hijab ban for under eights
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Feb 1, 2018
Extremists are 'perverting' education by using schools to narrow children's horizons under the guise of religious belief, Ofsted chief warns
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Feb 1, 2018
Extremists use schools to pervert education, says Ofsted head Amanda Spielman
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Feb 1, 2018
New members announced for Ofsted board
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Jan 31, 2018
Trustee of largest academy chain – and ex head – joins Ofsted board
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Jan 31, 2018
Ofsted inspectors enter hijab row school
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Jan 31, 2018
What's wrong with Ofsted's Bold Beginnings report?
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Jan 30, 2018
Ofsted forgets our four-year-olds are not GCSE apprentices | Michael Rosen
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Jan 30, 2018
Exploring Ofsted inspection data with Data View
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Jan 29, 2018
Ofsted revisits grade three college amid signs of falling standards
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Jan 27, 2018
DfE looking at Ofsted and RSC overlap
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Jan 26, 2018
DfE examining whether Ofsted/RSC 'overlap' is waste of money
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Jan 26, 2018
The scandal of inadequate apprenticeships
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Jan 26, 2018
Early years teachers call on Ofsted to publish Bold Beginnings clarification
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Jan 18, 2018
Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 5
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Jan 17, 2018
Ofsted 'needs more money' to monitor apprenticeships
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Jan 17, 2018
Headteachers given 101 suggestions to help manage the pressure of Ofsted
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Jan 17, 2018
Learndirect ‘blocked critical report to keep funding’
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Jan 17, 2018
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Jan 16, 2018
Ofsted can’t keep up with the growth in apprentices, MPs hear
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Jan 16, 2018
Campaigners against formal learning in Reception call for controversial report to be withdrawn
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Jan 16, 2018
Ofsted's call for more teaching in reception year prompts backlash
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Jan 16, 2018
Proposed tests for reception children ‘verging on the immoral’
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Jan 16, 2018
Ofsted’s Bold Beginnings report on reception class curriculum is flawed
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Jan 16, 2018
Super injunction meant Learndirect gagged Ofsted from speaking to ESFA
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Jan 15, 2018
Head of unregistered private school banned from teaching over safeguarding concerns
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Jan 15, 2018
Fears for nearly 3,000 learners as large provider folding
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Jan 15, 2018
Daily roundup 12 January: Zahawi visit, Medway trial, Greening
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Jan 12, 2018
Long read: The battle for Reception
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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
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
Become a childminder: pre-registration briefing
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Jan 9, 2018
Ofsted confirms new arrangements for inspection of good schools
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Jan 9, 2018
Amanda Spielman's speech at the Association for Science Education Annual Conference 2018
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Jan 8, 2018
Bold Beginnings: Ofsted publishes methods behind controversial report
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Jan 8, 2018
Grade two provider wins non-levy tender appeal
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Jan 8, 2018
Amanda Spielman questions motivation behind science practicals
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Jan 8, 2018
Ofsted attempts to build bridges with early-years teachers
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Jan 8, 2018
New national standards for forest school trainers
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Jan 8, 2018
Reception curriculum in good and outstanding primary schools: bold beginnings
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Jan 5, 2018
Ofsted watch: Bad start to 2018 for West Thames College
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Ofsted expands on Bold Beginnings messages in sector meeting
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Jan 2, 2018
'Not outstanding yet' - the school with a novel approach to Ofsted banners
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Dec 29, 2017
The Tes podcast: Review of 2017
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Dec 22, 2017
The 10 most influential figures in education in 2017
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Dec 22, 2017
Ofsted should use artificial intelligence to determine which schools will fail, report suggests
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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
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Dec 20, 2017
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Dec 18, 2017
Schools on Ofsted's "name and shame" list have lost almost 600 staff
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Dec 17, 2017
Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman receives 'venomous' threats
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Dec 16, 2017
Ofsted chief receives threats over private faith school criticism
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Dec 16, 2017
Council and health chiefs criticised over SEND services
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Dec 15, 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
The Tes podcast: Supply teachers, social mobility and Ofsted
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Dec 15, 2017
Ofsted appoints 'conservative teacher' as curriculum lead
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Dec 15, 2017
Ofsted worried about lack of level 2 and 3 apprenticeships
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Dec 15, 2017
Ofsted, faith schools and ‘British values’ | Letters
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Dec 14, 2017
Amanda Spielman speech on the launch of Ofsted’s Annual Report 2016/17
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Dec 14, 2017
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Dec 14, 2017
Children finish their education unable to read or write in English, Ofsted chief warns
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Dec 14, 2017
Public Accounts Committee to call Learndirect hearing in wake of NAO investigation
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Dec 13, 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
ASCL comment on Ofsted annual report
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Dec 13, 2017
NAHT comments on today’s Ofsted annual report
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted slams treatment of SEND pupils across mainstream schools
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Dec 13, 2017
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Dec 13, 2017
‘Why wipe out good or outstanding apprenticeship training providers after latest Ofsted findings?’, asks AELP
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted Annual Report 2016/17
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted Annual Report 2016/17: education, children’s services and skills
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted Chief Inspector launches her first Annual Report on state of education and children’s care in England
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Amanda Spielman on the launch of Ofsted's Annual Report 2016/17
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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
NASUWT comments on Ofsted's annual report
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Dec 13, 2017
Sir Kevan Collins comments on the Ofsted Annual Report
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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
Ofsted annual report: EYFS does not prepare children for Year 1
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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
Ofsted chief 'taken aback' by criticism of Reception report
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Dec 13, 2017
Accountability, growth mindset and women who are going to hell: 8 things we learnt from the Ofsted annual report
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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
Sector response to Amanda Spielman's first Ofsted Annual Report
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted Annual Report: 65 inadequate schools still not converted after 17 months
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Dec 13, 2017
AELP urges Greening to review ‘controversial’ non-levy tender
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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
FE will struggle without more funding, warns Ofsted's Spielman
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted: More challenging KS2 SATs are leaving poorer pupils behind
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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
Private faith schools are resisting British values, says Ofsted chief
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted annual report: colleges' performance drops – but signs of improvement
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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
Weakest schools struggle with teacher 'burnout'
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Dec 13, 2017
Inspectors need new powers to tackle faith schools where teachings 'clash with British values', major Ofsted report to find
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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
Ofsted warned before annual report of worsening employer provider performance
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Dec 12, 2017
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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Dec 11, 2017
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
Further education and skills inspections and outcomes: management information from December 2015
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Dec 11, 2017
Ofsted’s Reception report ‘narrow and political’
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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
Vulnerable pupils abandoned by schools, head of Ofsted warns
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Dec 10, 2017
The Observer view on Ofsted as a champion for deprived children | Observer editorial
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Dec 10, 2017
Stop expelling troublesome pupils to boost league table performance, Chief Inspector says
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Dec 10, 2017
Stop expelling troublesome pupils to boost league table performance, Chief Inspector says
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Dec 10, 2017
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
Ofsted confirms new arrangements for short inspections
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Dec 5, 2017
Analysis of Ofsted outcomes for sponsored academies since 2010
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Dec 5, 2017
ASCL response on short inspections of good schools
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Dec 5, 2017
NAHT comment on new Ofsted short inspection system
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Dec 5, 2017
Ofsted will wait two years before inspecting schools that may no longer be 'good'
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Dec 5, 2017
Ofsted confirms changes to short inspections following consultation
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Dec 5, 2017
Ofsted confirms new arrangements for short inspections
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Dec 5, 2017
Reception – a missed opportunity for too many children
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Dec 4, 2017
Islamic school makes pupils ask for lavatory paper
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Dec 4, 2017
No-frills private school delayed AGAIN
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Dec 2, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 1 December 2017
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Dec 1, 2017
FE sector hits back at 'ignorant' Wilshaw
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Dec 1, 2017
Colleges’ Ofsted bounce-back should be acknowledged
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Dec 1, 2017
Ofsted report on the Reception Year: a hit and miss affair
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Nov 30, 2017
Academies' pre-conversion grades to be made public under Ofsted plans
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Nov 30, 2017
Reception - a missed opportunity for too many children
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Nov 30, 2017
Comment on Ofsted report on reception education
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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
Ofsted statistics shake-up will drop ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rate by 2%
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Nov 30, 2017
Teach Reception children how to grip a pencil, says Ofsted
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Nov 30, 2017
First year of school can be a waste of time, says Ofsted because basic reading and maths are not taught well enough
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Nov 30, 2017
Ofsted reception curriculum report: The 15 recommendations
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Nov 30, 2017
Ofsted: Reception year a 'false start' for too many children
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Nov 30, 2017
OFSTED Report: Reception curriculum in good and outstanding primary schools: bold beginnings (31 Nov 2017)
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Nov 30, 2017
Ofsted finds Reception class teaching 'failing' a third of five-year-olds
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Nov 30, 2017
Reception teachers are failing a third of five-year-olds, major Ofsted report finds
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Nov 30, 2017
Schools chief says third of pupils are failed in first year
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Nov 30, 2017
Wilshaw: Colleges should 'get off their backsides and work harder'
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Nov 29, 2017
Reception year is critical - but policy must be evidence based, says NAHT
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Nov 29, 2017
A school leader's guide to British values and how to apply them
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Nov 29, 2017
Ofsted urged to change policy that allows schools breaching SEND code to be rated 'outstanding'
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Nov 29, 2017
Hijabs are none of Ofsted’s business
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Nov 29, 2017
Ofsted: ‘We won’t single out Muslim pupils for wearing the hijab’
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Nov 29, 2017
Children’s social care data for the Ofsted Annual Report 2016/17
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Nov 29, 2017
Ofsted accused of racism over hijab questioning in primary schools
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Nov 28, 2017
It’s OK to beat your wife, says Islamic school book
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Nov 28, 2017
'It's fun to blog at the H-M-C-I': Twitter teachers direct songs of protest at Ofsted
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Nov 27, 2017
Amanda Spielman's speech at Ark's Teach 2017 conference
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Nov 27, 2017
How much can you tell about a school in just five minutes?
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Nov 25, 2017
Ofsted to ‘publicly acknowledge’ work of school management teams
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Nov 25, 2017
What Quaker schools can teach the rest of the class about equality, mutual respect and learning
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Nov 25, 2017
‘Help us tackle inspection culture of fear’ – Ofsted chief’s plea to heads
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Nov 25, 2017
‘Culture of fear’ has developed around Ofsted ratings says Spielman
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Nov 25, 2017
Key stage 3 history 'is being taught in 38 hours'
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Nov 23, 2017
Learndirect’s apprenticeship achievement rates continue to fall, says Ofsted
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Nov 23, 2017
Accountability: Low-level gaming is ‘rife’ and teaching to the test ‘endemic’
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Nov 22, 2017
FOI: early years dataset as at 31 August 2017
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Nov 22, 2017
Forced academisation of primary schools is 'immoral'
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Nov 22, 2017
Ofsted chair welcomes calls for greater scrutiny of 'outstanding' schools
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Nov 21, 2017
Daily Roundup 21 November: School inspections, birth rates, and pupil selection
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Nov 21, 2017
Childminder numbers fall by a quarter since 2012
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Nov 21, 2017
Ofsted boost for college battling ‘financial crisis’
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Nov 21, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Nov 21, 2017
It is absurd and prejudiced to suggest that hijab ‘sexualises’ girls | Letter
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Nov 20, 2017
Ofsted should 'oblige' state schools to work with independent schools, urges head
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Nov 20, 2017
Campaigners condemn 'ludicrous' hijab questioning
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Nov 20, 2017
Primary school inspectors to quiz kids as young as 4 if they wear hijabs
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Nov 20, 2017
Girls as young as four to be quizzed on why they are wearing hijabs in primary school
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Ofsted inspectors will question girls wearing hijabs in primary schools
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Nov 19, 2017
School inspectors to quiz girls in hijabs
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Nov 19, 2017
For now, things may be politically peaceful for independent schools, but trouble lies ahead…'
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Nov 18, 2017
Youth inspectors; a radical proposal to shake up Ofsted
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Nov 18, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 17 November 2017
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Nov 17, 2017
Ormiston Academies Trust confirms former Ofsted director as its chief executive
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Nov 17, 2017
New inquiry into the quality of apprenticeships
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Nov 16, 2017
Amanda Spielman's speech at the Association of Colleges
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Nov 15, 2017
How Ofsted are changing their approach to ‘requires improvement’ providers
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Nov 15, 2017
Schools: how did ‘accountability’ become a synonym for punishment and control? And can we change its meaning?
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Nov 15, 2017
Podcast with Ofsted's Paul Joyce
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Nov 14, 2017
Amanda Spielman speech to Association of Colleges annual conference
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Nov 14, 2017
Spielman: 'Too many' college students 'do not get the education they deserve'
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Nov 14, 2017
Spielman: Ofsted to begin hunt for ‘scandalous’ apprenticeship providers
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Nov 14, 2017
Ofsted: Too many pupils underachieving at David Ross Education Trust
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Nov 13, 2017
News and views > Blogs 1 Ofsted's KS3 criticism misses the point
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Nov 11, 2017
Ofsted returns to Learndirect as the provider fights for survival
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Nov 10, 2017
Let's get radical on Ofsted reform. Power, reliability, impact ratio is wrong.
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Nov 9, 2017
Let’s get radical on Ofsted reform. Power:reliability:impact ratio is wrong.
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Nov 9, 2017
Third FE college in six months rated Ofsted outstanding
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Nov 9, 2017
Ofsted tells nurseries to let children take more risks
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Nov 9, 2017
Ofsted chief voices concern over nurseries taking away climbing frames
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Nov 8, 2017
Sixth form college performance fell 8% points Ofsted will say
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Nov 8, 2017
We need an independent educational appointments commission to take the politics out of schools'
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Nov 8, 2017
King’s Lynn Academy hit with termination warning notice
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Nov 7, 2017
Learndirect accounts reveal huge debts and an uncertain future
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Nov 7, 2017
Consultation launches on FE residential safeguarding standards
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Nov 7, 2017
We need a change in culture in schools: we must stop being frightened by Ofsted or the government
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Nov 6, 2017
First free school run by for-profit company rated 'good'
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Nov 6, 2017
First for-profit free school rated good by Ofsted
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Nov 6, 2017
Ofsted chief: Nursery rhymes are no longer being sung
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Nov 6, 2017
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Nov 6, 2017
Jack and Jill aren’t over the hill, says Ofsted chief inspector
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Nov 5, 2017
What was supposed to be said about Ofsted
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Nov 3, 2017
Ofsted Watch: Three councils told adult learning requires improvement
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Nov 3, 2017
Ofsted 'does more harm than good', warns top academic
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Nov 2, 2017
Schools freed from 'scourge of Ofsted teaching style', says Nick Gibb
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Nov 2, 2017
Ofsted plans MAT inspection changes from 2018
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Nov 1, 2017
Ofsted inspections don't actually engage with the most important thing of all – what we teach
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Nov 1, 2017
Insular' schools failing to promote British values, says Ofsted
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Nov 1, 2017
Ofsted to review approach to knife crime following pressure from Sadiq Khan
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Oct 31, 2017
Schools failing to discuss knife crime due to 'stigma' fears, says London mayor
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Oct 31, 2017
Spielman: 'Give Ofsted funding to monitor apprenticeship "cowboys"'
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Oct 31, 2017
Ofsted boss worried about lack of subcontracting inspections
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Oct 31, 2017
Ofsted still not ready to scrap ‘outstanding’ grade
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Oct 31, 2017
Cuckoo Hall academy slammed for ‘stage, not age’ curriculum
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Oct 31, 2017
Ofsted wants legal power to inspect more alternative providers
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Oct 31, 2017
Ofsted: serious incident notifications from local authority children’s services 2016 to 2017
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Oct 31, 2017
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Oct 26, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Oct 25, 2017
Ofsted wipes academy convertor reports after 5 years
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Oct 24, 2017
Angela Rayner: Ofsted is 'not fit for purpose'
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Oct 23, 2017
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Oct 23, 2017
'Politically correct' DfE fails to take action against illegal schools - Wilshaw
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Oct 22, 2017
Trojan Horse plot: Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw given guards
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Oct 22, 2017
Weekend read: Is Ofsted's legal win a seismic step forwards for equality – or a storm in a teacup?
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Oct 20, 2017
Ofsted watch: Two colleges improve to ‘good’ rating
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Oct 20, 2017
Revealed: Damning Ofsted findings on 'gender segregation' school
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Oct 20, 2017
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Oct 20, 2017
Ofsted: Unofficial exclusions used too readily to deal with special needs pupils
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Oct 18, 2017
Ofsted: 'Alarming' number of schools accused of unofficially excluding SEND pupils
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Oct 18, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Oct 18, 2017
Trainee teachers don't understand safeguarding role, says Ofsted
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Oct 17, 2017
Calls to end ‘discrimination’ against citizenship teachers
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Oct 17, 2017
Helping the Education Secretary reach her full potential
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Oct 16, 2017
Single-sex schools help to tackle stereotypes, claims Ofsted chief
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Oct 16, 2017
OFSTED: ITE Inspections and Outcomes (up to 30 June 2017)
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Oct 16, 2017
Ofsted may be waking up to its independent obligations | Letters
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Oct 15, 2017
Ofsted boss defends single-sex schools following court ruling
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Oct 15, 2017
Girls' schools are good, says Ofsted boss
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Oct 14, 2017
The Tes podcast: Ofsted, Progress 8 and school funding
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Oct 13, 2017
Ofsted watch: Sixth-form college lifts grade to ‘good’ in mixed week
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Oct 13, 2017
Statement on Al-Hijrah school judgement
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Oct 13, 2017
Birmingham Islamic faith school guilty of sex discrimination
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Oct 13, 2017
Ofsted wins school gender segregation appeal
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Oct 13, 2017
Ofsted wins sex discrimination appeal
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Oct 13, 2017
Beyond Ofsted: How to spot if your child's chosen school is hot on discipline
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Oct 12, 2017
Independent school inspection fees and standards
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Oct 12, 2017
Ofsted: ‘A broad curriculum’ doesn’t mean what you think it means
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Oct 12, 2017
Robert Halfon: “Potentially, the future of Conservatism is a good one. We’ve just got a long way to get there.”
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Oct 12, 2017
Schools are teaching GCSEs over three years in bid to boost results, Ofsted finds
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Oct 11, 2017
HMCI's commentary: October 2017
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Oct 11, 2017
Schools are focusing too much on tests and narrowing the curriculum, warns Ofsted
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Oct 11, 2017
ASCL response on Ofsted curriculum review
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Oct 11, 2017
Ofsted is right about the knowledge-rich curriculum
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Oct 11, 2017
Comment on Ofsted’s review of the curriculum
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Oct 11, 2017
Schools' focus on tests is damaging education, Ofsted chief warns
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Oct 11, 2017
Spielman is right to move Ofsted’s focus onto curriculum – but can the school system step up?
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Oct 11, 2017
Disadvantaged pupils learning watered-down curriculum, says Ofsted
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Oct 11, 2017
Teaching to the test gives 'hollow understanding'
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Oct 11, 2017
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
Pupils losing out as schools prepare for GCSE early, says Ofsted
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Oct 11, 2017
Ofsted publishes curriculum review preliminary findings
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Oct 11, 2017
Subjects other than English and Maths barely feature in Ofsted reports
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Oct 9, 2017
Ofsted watch: a good week for FE as providers maintain grade twos
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Oct 6, 2017
Ofsted plans to recruit staff with more experience of workplace training
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Oct 6, 2017
How to improve your Ofsted grade by supporting learners with additional learning needs
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Oct 5, 2017
Educating Greater Manchester head: what I've learned at school
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Oct 5, 2017
The Tory council that failed its children
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Oct 4, 2017
Ex LeSoCo principal steps in at troubled Totton College
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Oct 3, 2017
Colleges should call for Ofsted reform
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Sep 29, 2017
Ofsted: a force for improvement
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Sep 29, 2017
Ofsted to inspect outstanding schools more often (and bring back themed reports)
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Sep 29, 2017
Ofsted wants a change in the law so it can inspect multi-academy trusts
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Sep 29, 2017
Ofsted: A rethink on lesson observations, and eight other plans revealed today
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Sep 29, 2017
Will Ofsted’s latest plan create an unofficial fifth school rating?
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Sep 28, 2017
Labour: Ofsted should assess schools on apprenticeships promotion
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Sep 28, 2017
learndirect responds to sensational media coverage after Ofsted report
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Sep 27, 2017
Andrew Otty: 'mocksted' consultants sell a message of fear and play on insecurities
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Sep 24, 2017
Tom Rogers: Ofsted has done more damage to education in the UK than anything else
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Sep 23, 2017
Teach British values! Ofsted chief warns schools to take 'key principles' seriously
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Sep 23, 2017
Ofsted chief: schools 'must teach proper British values'
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Sep 23, 2017
Schools must teach British values to all children, says Ofsted head
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Sep 23, 2017
Schools should not be afraid to promote British values, says Ofsted head
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Sep 22, 2017
Ofsted to put 'more emphasis' on leadership to avoid punishing toughest schools
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Sep 22, 2017
Ofsted seeks views on future changes to short inspections
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Sep 21, 2017
Short inspection plans recognise that improvement takes time
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Sep 21, 2017
Ofsted: an educational supertanker that may be changing direction?
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Sep 21, 2017
New Ofsted proposals could create a ‘cloud of uncertainty’ in schools
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Sep 21, 2017
Ofsted proposes waiting two years to fully inspect schools ‘at risk of decline’
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Sep 21, 2017
Ofsted sets out plans to shake up short inspections
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Sep 21, 2017
Father accused of Trojan horse plot says Ofsted report vindicates him
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Sep 20, 2017
Ofsted criticises lack of action to prevent domestic abuse
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Sep 19, 2017
Domestic abuse: Focus more on children, says Ofsted
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Sep 19, 2017
University-backed academy trust praised for ‘rapid’ improvement
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Sep 18, 2017
Why school leader well-being must become a priority
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Sep 18, 2017
Private schools repeatedly fail school standards but stay open
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Sep 18, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Sep 18, 2017
Ofsted watch: Major retailer ‘requires improvement’
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Sep 15, 2017
Ofsted exposes rule breach over unemployed apprentices
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Sep 15, 2017
Education's big beasts to be grilled by former teachers at Education Select Committee
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Sep 13, 2017
Ofsted lodges last-minute appeal against High Court’s Durand Academy ruling
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Sep 11, 2017
Ofsted boss "tears her hair out" over schools that still grade individual lessons
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Sep 9, 2017
Ofsted to use 'strong pass' of GCSE grade 5 to judge schools
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Sep 8, 2017
End of an era as controversial ex-head Greg Martin resigns from Durand
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Sep 8, 2017
Ofsted in 2017-18: A proportionate approach?
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Sep 8, 2017
Ofsted sets up helpline to ensure inspectors understand new GCSEs
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Sep 8, 2017
Uncovered: Schools where an inspector hasn’t called since 2004
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Sep 8, 2017
Academy secrets the DfE tried to hide – part 3
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Sep 7, 2017
Spielman - Reducing teacher workload is my top priority and Ofsted is part of the problem
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Sep 6, 2017
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Sep 6, 2017
Ofsted calls for urgent improvements at university-sponsored academy trust
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Sep 4, 2017
Ofsted to ask headteachers how they plan to reduce teachers' workload
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Sep 1, 2017
The FE commissioner’s new guiding role: hatchet man or helping hand?
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Sep 1, 2017
Ofsted websites maintenance work: Friday 1 September
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Aug 31, 2017
Serious adult education budget procurement fears for third sector
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Aug 31, 2017
Ofsted to ask FE learners if they feel safe in residential provision
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Aug 31, 2017
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Aug 31, 2017
Ofsted complaints to be considered by new independent adjudication service
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Aug 29, 2017
DfE launches £100k tender to independently review complaints against Ofsted
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Aug 29, 2017
DfE launches £100k tender to independently review complaints against Ofsted
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Aug 29, 2017
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Aug 29, 2017
Policy Tracker - what happened in the world of education in August 2017
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Aug 25, 2017
The secret to improving Ofsted? Get rid of grades, says Coffield
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Aug 25, 2017
Learndirect debacle shines light on £2m teacher test contract
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Aug 23, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Aug 23, 2017
National Audit Office to investigate Ofsted
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Aug 22, 2017
Which accountability measures should schools prioritise?
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Aug 22, 2017
Students defend Learndirect after damning Ofsted report
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Aug 20, 2017
Lawrence Dallaglio throws exercise book at Ofsted
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Aug 20, 2017
Ofsted watch: Two providers crash two grades to inadequate
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Aug 18, 2017
Learndirect took £20m profits as standards fell, says Ofsted
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Aug 18, 2017
Former Ofsted chief joins chorus of criticism of university pay packages
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Aug 17, 2017
There is no such thing as equality in funding or inspection
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Aug 17, 2017
Ofsted: Learndirect 'failed to stem decline in performance'
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Aug 17, 2017
High Court ruling threatens Ofsted’s ability to publish negative reports
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Aug 14, 2017
Daily roundup 14 August: Left-handed children, child poverty, SEND inspection
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Aug 14, 2017
Ofsted websites maintenance work: Saturday and Sunday 19 and 20 August
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Aug 14, 2017
It is time we stopped mollycoddling our pupils
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Aug 13, 2017
It’s no longer good enough to do what’s right in your school: you must signpost it, so Ofsted can see
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Aug 13, 2017
Durand Academy's special measures Ofsted report quashed by the High Court
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Aug 12, 2017
NAHT response to Ofsted consultation on short inspections
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Aug 11, 2017
Ofsted watch: South Essex College bumped up to ‘good’ after 90-day wait
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Aug 11, 2017
Amanda Spielman is right: our schools are too risk averse
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Aug 10, 2017
Teachers outraged by Ofsted's call to stop wrapping pupils in cotton wool
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Aug 8, 2017
Ofsted's Chief Inspector writes about safety culture in schools
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Aug 6, 2017
Schools chief rails against over-cautious safety rules
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Aug 6, 2017
Health and safety culture in schools 'harmful to children', Ofsted chief warns
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Aug 6, 2017
Don't wrap pupils 'in cotton wool', Ofsted head tells schools
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Aug 6, 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
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Aug 3, 2017
Durand Academy's boarding school will close
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Aug 2, 2017
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Aug 1, 2017
Daily roundup 28 July: Regrets, extremism, and school funding
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Jul 28, 2017
Ofsted watch: Two providers slump to ‘inadequate’
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Jul 28, 2017
Ofsted prepares to prosecute four illegal schools which refuse to close
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Jul 28, 2017
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Jul 28, 2017
Free school placed in special measures after failing to put any year 11 students forward For GCSE exams
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Jul 27, 2017
DfE leans on free school that entered no Year 11s for GCSEs
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Jul 27, 2017
Attainment gap for long-term disadvantaged pupils is getting worse
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Jul 26, 2017
Free school that entered no Year 11 pupils for GCSEs is put in special measures
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Jul 26, 2017
Creating a culture
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Jul 25, 2017
Durand Academy demands High Court quashes 'glaringly perverse' Ofsted report
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Jul 25, 2017
Where is education now? Hope vs despair
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Jul 24, 2017
Research round-up 20 July 2017
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Jul 24, 2017
Single-faith schools set to be scrapped amid fears they will heighten community divisions
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Jul 23, 2017
Single-faith schools pledge faces axe
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Jul 23, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 21 July 2017
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Jul 21, 2017
Ofsted watch: Three providers branded ‘inadequate’
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Jul 21, 2017
We need a Bacc for the future, not a curriculum from 1904
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Jul 20, 2017
Government response to EBacc consultation
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Jul 19, 2017
ASCL comment on EBacc announcement
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Jul 19, 2017
Ofqual to investigate DCS qualifications fraud
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Jul 19, 2017
Five steps to (self-assessment) heaven
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Jul 19, 2017
Updates from Ofqual - July 2017
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Jul 18, 2017
Experienced teachers less likely to trust Ofsted, and five more attitude survey findings
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Jul 18, 2017
Teachers more critical of Ofsted the longer they have been in the job, survey finds
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Jul 18, 2017
How schools can develop a strong curriculum
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Jul 18, 2017
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Jul 18, 2017
Teachers' obsession with GCSE grades mean children are not getting a proper education, warns head of Ofsted
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Jul 17, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Jul 17, 2017
Muslim school where boy, 9, died is to be taken over by the Government
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Jul 16, 2017
Muslim school where library books said husbands could beat wives to be taken over by Government
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Jul 16, 2017
GCSE reforms risk losing 'real substance of education', Ofsted boss says
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Jul 16, 2017
Amanda Spielman of Ofsted warns about impact of new GCSEs
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Jul 16, 2017
Ministers order takeover of Muslim school after it is branded unsafe
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Jul 16, 2017
Ofsted officials given bonuses totalling up to £110,000 amid budget squeeze
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Jul 14, 2017
Ofsted watch: Kendal College falls from grade one
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Jul 14, 2017
Three stars and a wish: my end-of-year report card for the DfE
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Jul 14, 2017
Jewish school faces closure for refusing to teach its young girls transgender issues despite its religious ethos being praised four years ago
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Jul 14, 2017
Ofsted exposed over failure to monitor 1,200 subcontractors
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Jul 13, 2017
Large majority of teachers believe Ofsted wants to see child-centred learning style
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Jul 13, 2017
A short history of Ofsted short inspections
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Jul 13, 2017
Ofsted to lose £15m funding by 2020
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Jul 13, 2017
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Jul 13, 2017
Schools in Derby a serious concern, says Ofsted
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Jul 13, 2017
Ofsted and Ofqual boards criticised for lack of racial diversity
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Jul 13, 2017
Ofsted fights Muslim school’s segregation of boys and girls
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Jul 12, 2017
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Jul 11, 2017
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Schools must show inspectors their personnel files, Ofsted says
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Ofsted gives 700 sponsored academies a fresh start
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Jul 7, 2017
Physical activity within physical education: Time for a rethink?
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Jul 4, 2017
The end of tuition fees is on the horizon | Peter Scott
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Jul 4, 2017
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Jul 3, 2017
Daily roundup 3 July: School fines; vagina surgery, and unregistered faith schools
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Jul 3, 2017
Ofsted survey tools used by only 2% of learners
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Ofsted chief calls for new laws to regulate faith schools after it emerges 6,000 pupils may be at risk because of weak legislation
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Jul 2, 2017
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Jun 30, 2017
Ofsted 'requires improvement' - says Ofsted early years chief
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Jun 30, 2017
New GCSEs force curriculum trade-off
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Jun 30, 2017
Ofqual warns Ofsted, RSCs and governors against 'knee-jerk reactions' to GCSE results
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Jun 29, 2017
London private school at centre of sex abuse claims after second arrest
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Jun 29, 2017
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Jun 28, 2017
Teachers at school in Walsall strike over fears for safety from pupils
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Jun 28, 2017
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Jun 28, 2017
Hipster parents branch out into ‘green’ learning
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Jun 28, 2017
Amanda Spielman recognises the pivotal role of Deputy and Assistant Heads
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Jun 27, 2017
Ofsted and the harm done by school league tables | Letters
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Jun 26, 2017
Daily roundup 26 June: Ofsted, teacher recruitment, Barnardo's
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Jun 26, 2017
Ormiston academy chain appoints former Ofsted director as interim leader
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Jun 26, 2017
Ofsted says non-stop testing is bad for kids. Too late, mate
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Jun 26, 2017
Ofsted seeking views on improved approach to short inspections
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Jun 26, 2017
Spielman warns sixth form colleges about drop in Ofsted grades
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Jun 26, 2017
Northern Rocks 2017: What we learned at the annual conference
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Jun 25, 2017
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Jun 23, 2017
Ofsted chief: Promoting British values in schools can help fight extremism
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Jun 23, 2017
Ofsted chief pledges to boost research and tackle extremism with 'zeal'
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Jun 23, 2017
Ofsted watch: Local authority provider shakes off inadequate rating
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Jun 23, 2017
Ofsted chief stresses ‘real challenge’ with apprenticeships register
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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
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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
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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
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Jun 19, 2017
Short inspections change would put schools on the front foot
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Jun 19, 2017
Ofsted review highlights urgent quality improvement at employer providers, says Mesma
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Jun 19, 2017
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Jun 19, 2017
Ofsted ITE inspection clarification
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Jun 19, 2017
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Jun 16, 2017
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Jun 16, 2017
Prevent duty - as important as ever
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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
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Jun 16, 2017
Outrage as national leadership role threatened over discredited 2016 Sats results
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Jun 15, 2017
ASCL backs rethink over short inspections
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Jun 15, 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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Jun 15, 2017
Ofsted statistics show continuing drop in childminder numbers
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Jun 14, 2017
Ofsted publishes updated complaints guidance
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Jun 13, 2017
Revision of inspection framework cost providers £12m
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Jun 13, 2017
In today's Tes Further: Why community learning is the key to post-Brexit success
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Jun 9, 2017
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Jun 9, 2017
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Jun 2, 2017
Secret Teacher: I feared special measures – but it's made us stronger
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May 27, 2017
Ofsted watch: Three providers drop to ‘requires improvement’
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May 26, 2017
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May 24, 2017
Greens promise universal early education and later formal school start
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May 22, 2017
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May 22, 2017
'Ofsted needs a new criteria for judging schools in poor areas – the playing field must be levelled'
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May 21, 2017
Ofsted watch: Provider on apprenticeships register rated ‘inadequate'
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May 19, 2017
Finding a place for PSHE in schools
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May 17, 2017
SecEd launches Eighth National Pupil Premium and Ofsted Conference
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May 17, 2017
Scotland ‘needs own Ofsted’, Conservatives say
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May 17, 2017
Daily roundup 15 May: Cyber attack, Ofsted, and voter registration
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May 15, 2017
Ofsted inspectors 'bombarded with food' in canteen by children at struggling school
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May 13, 2017
Wilshaw to publish book on his career as 'the Dirty Harry of education'
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May 12, 2017
Wilshaw blames 'charlatan' comp heads for the return of grammars
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May 12, 2017
Careers guidance provision inadequate and patchy
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May 9, 2017
Ofstedwatch: Contrasting fortunes for colleges
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May 5, 2017
MATs' internal school inspections 'a waste of time', says Ofsted
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May 5, 2017
College crashes two grades from ‘outstanding’ after lengthy inspection wait
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May 4, 2017
Government must review the effect of budget reductions on mental health provision, says NAHT
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May 2, 2017
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May 2, 2017
Funding cuts are having a detrimental effect on pupils' mental health, find MPs
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May 2, 2017
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May 2, 2017
MPs urge cuts review as budgets affect school mental health services
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May 2, 2017
'High-stakes' testing harming teaching and learning in primary schools
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May 1, 2017
Ofsted accused of hiding huge gaps between inspections
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May 1, 2017
Outstanding school put into special measures 'because it did not have a fence'
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Apr 30, 2017
Ofsted watch: Concern over weak governance at Manchester provider
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Apr 28, 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
Dear Robert, the apprenticeship allocation will cut our funding by over 80%
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Apr 27, 2017
Primary assessment report to be published
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Apr 26, 2017
Ofsted 2017-18 Main Estimate Memorandum
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Apr 26, 2017
Technical and FE bill passes: what does it mean for the sector?
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Apr 25, 2017
Tell us your experience of Ofsted in early years settings
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Apr 25, 2017
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Apr 25, 2017
Headteacher accused of using school funds to splash out on New York trip and laptop, court hears
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Apr 24, 2017
Rebalance schools to reflect importance of mental health, charity tells politicians
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Apr 24, 2017
Ofsted watch: A bumper crop of ‘good’ grades
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Apr 21, 2017
Series of inspections to focus on children living with neglect
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Apr 18, 2017
Ofsted is failing, so give parents access to data on schools
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Apr 18, 2017
Ofsted should judge schools on teacher workload, union demands
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Apr 16, 2017
NAHT comment on Sutton Trust Pupil Premium Report
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Apr 12, 2017
Professor Julius Weinberg appointed next Chair of Ofsted
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Apr 11, 2017
Former university leader appointed new Ofsted chair
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Apr 11, 2017
Former university VC appointed Ofsted's next chair
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Apr 11, 2017
New Ofsted chair unveiled
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Apr 11, 2017
An inspector calls: is it time for a rethink on Ofsted visits?
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Apr 11, 2017
New Ofsted Chair announced
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Apr 11, 2017
Ofsted welcomes new Chair
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Apr 11, 2017
Teachers trained via school-led routes more likely to go into classroom
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Apr 11, 2017
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Apr 11, 2017
Teachers must be freed from the shackles of admin work in order to do their job properly
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Apr 10, 2017
Breaking: Ofsted launches official ‘good’ logo in policy U-turn
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Apr 6, 2017
Facebook posts fail to reflect school quality
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Apr 4, 2017
£2.4 billion funding boost for England's schools
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Apr 3, 2017
Technical and Further Education Bill: Lords third reading
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Apr 3, 2017
Apprenticeship accountability statement – quality
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Apr 3, 2017
Apprenticeship Accountability Statement
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Apr 3, 2017
Brian Cox: Don't use children as 'measurement probes' to test schools
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Apr 3, 2017
Quality settlement between Ofsted and HEFCE for apprenticeships
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Apr 3, 2017
Degree apprenticeships to be regulated by Hefce, not Ofsted
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Apr 3, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Apr 3, 2017
Government sets up new company to create more free schools
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Mar 31, 2017
Recruitment, budgets and accountability
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Mar 31, 2017
Ofsted considers using social media to monitor schools
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Mar 31, 2017
A school has been rated ‘excellent’ in all five categories - a rare highest mark from inspectors
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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
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Ofsted will treat this year's writing assessment with 'caution'
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Mar 31, 2017
Ofsted considers tracking Facebook and Twitter to check on schools
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Mar 31, 2017
Schools won't be judged on fast-track ECDL IT qualification from next year
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Mar 29, 2017
'Ministers are not learning lessons from NHS cuts': Four education funding warnings issued by MPs today
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Mar 29, 2017
Government-owned property company launched to buy land for 500 new free schools labelled 'obscene waste of money'
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Mar 28, 2017
Greenwood Academies Trust set to lose two schools
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Mar 27, 2017
Editor Asks: Amanda Spielman, chief inspector, Ofsted
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Mar 24, 2017
Behaviour is a national problem in schools in England, review finds
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Mar 24, 2017
School behaviour management case studies report
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Mar 24, 2017
Inspection of apprenticeships from May 2017
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Mar 24, 2017
In this week's Tes Further: Why an obsession with success is setting FE up for failure
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Mar 24, 2017
Ofsted watch: Another UTC hit with poor grade
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Bennett behaviour review: the 5 policy recommendations
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Council intervenes over failing academy – but told by Ofsted it isn’t responsible
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Mar 24, 2017
Bolton Wanderers Free School paid £600k in rent and bills to football club
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Mar 24, 2017
Poor behaviour 'not taken seriously enough in schools'
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Mar 24, 2017
Behaviour tsar calls for 'more muscular' school inclusion units
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Rona Tutt’s update on events, research and policy developments in SEND, March 2017
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Mar 23, 2017
Northern Education Trust blasted by Ofsted despite taking over ‘untouchable’ schools
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Mar 21, 2017
Ofsted: Northern MAT ‘failed to secure’ school improvements
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Mar 21, 2017
College of Teaching leader brands Ofsted 'outstanding' grade 'very problematic'
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Mar 20, 2017
Damning Ofsted report that caused downfall of huge provider published
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Mar 20, 2017
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Mar 18, 2017
Major provider chaired by ex-SFA boss calls in administrators
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Mar 17, 2017
GCSE resits cause 'significant problems', says Ofsted boss
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Mar 17, 2017
Ofsted boss commits to more ‘positive and purposeful’ approach to FE
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Ofsted Chief Inspector's first speech on post-16 education
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Ofsted rates dozens of new schools 'outstanding' without exam results
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Mar 17, 2017
Ofsted email scam asks people to ‘confirm’ Paypal details
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Mar 16, 2017
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Mar 16, 2017
Ofsted reliability study is welcome – but limited
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Mar 15, 2017
Education secretary promises action on recruitment and retention
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Mar 15, 2017
Ofsted review to investigate narrowing of the curriculum
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Mar 15, 2017
Ofsted statistics show further decline in childminders
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Mar 14, 2017
Education's role in children and young people's mental health examined
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Mar 14, 2017
'Are you a real teacher?': Five things not to ask special needs educators
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Mar 14, 2017
UTC joining college-backed multi academy trust after Ofsted blow
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Mar 13, 2017
Rye Studio School to convert to sixth form
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Mar 13, 2017
Teachers still convinced Ofsted grades their lessons
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Mar 13, 2017
Ofsted chief warns ministers' plans for more selection send a 'difficult message' on social mobility
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Mar 10, 2017
More loans misery as provider goes under
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Education Fellowship trust gives up all 12 schools over poor performance
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Ofsted chief cool on grammars as Justine Greening heckled by headteachers
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Mar 10, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 10 March 2017
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Mar 10, 2017
Football club’s free school to close with £500,000 debt
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Mar 10, 2017
Ofsted drops letters praising ‘exceptional’ heads
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Mar 10, 2017
Education's role in children and young people's mental health examined
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Mar 10, 2017
Amanda Spielman's speech at the ASCL annual conference
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Mar 10, 2017
New HMCI vows to make sure Ofsted is regarded as a force for good
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Mar 10, 2017
Schools try to 'game' league tables, says new Ofsted chief
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Mar 10, 2017
Ofsted to investigate schools 'gaming system' to move up league tables
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Mar 10, 2017
Ofsted launches investigation into 'scandal' of schools gaming the system
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Mar 10, 2017
Schools which cheat system by entering children for easy exams face crackdown, new Ofsted chief to announce
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Mar 10, 2017
Ofsted announces school curriculum investigation amid gaming ‘scandal’
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Mar 9, 2017
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Mar 8, 2017
Ofsted chief: Trials show 'inspectors make consistent judgements'
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Ofsted ‘double inspection’ pilot thwarted after inspectors ‘spoke frequently’
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Spielman: Inspection reliability study is ‘just first step’ of Ofsted research push
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Mar 7, 2017
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Mar 7, 2017
HMCI's monthly commentary: March 2017
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Mar 7, 2017
Leading critic of Ofsted's reliability admits watchdog now 'doing well'
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Mar 6, 2017
Apprenticeships: what are Ofsted inspectors looking for?
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Mar 5, 2017
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Mar 3, 2017
New teaching superunion a ‘game changer’, leaders claim
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Mar 3, 2017
DfE funds £1m for Ofsted illegal schools taskforce
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Schools face action over exam ‘games’
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Mar 3, 2017
Struggling college bailed out by SFA after bank refusal
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Mar 2, 2017
Sir Michael Wilshaw joins board of Education Policy Institute
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Mar 2, 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
Give councils power to set up academy trusts, MPs recommend
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Feb 28, 2017
MPs concerned about performance of multi-academy trusts
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MPs sound warning over mixed results from academy trusts
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Feb 28, 2017
Former ‘outstanding’ college’s Oftsed rating slumps after first inspection for decade
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Feb 27, 2017
Inspectors praise efforts to improve SEND provision in East Sussex
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Ofsted could re-inspect after QAR loophole crackdown
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Feb 24, 2017
Headteachers should stop whinging about funding cuts and curb 'largesse', Sir Michael Wilshaw says
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Feb 23, 2017
Wilshaw: Schools must adjust to funding cuts after 20 years of 'largesse'
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Feb 23, 2017
Ofsted Supplementary Estimate 2016-17 Memorandum
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Feb 23, 2017
Fast-track ECDL IT qualification dropped from league tables after 'gaming' fears
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Feb 22, 2017
Give schools 12-month warning on policy changes, and 5 other education committee suggestions to solve recruitment crisis
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Feb 21, 2017
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Feb 20, 2017
Ofsted watch: week of two halves for FE providers
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Feb 17, 2017
Ofsted praises SEN funding approach in Leeds
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Feb 17, 2017
SFA close achievement rate “loophole” that boosted some provider rates by more than 20 percent
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Feb 16, 2017
‘Good’ Ofsted report finally unveiled for recently incorporated FE college, after 90-day wait
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Feb 16, 2017
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Feb 16, 2017
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Feb 16, 2017
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Feb 15, 2017
Ofsted watch: No overall-improvement recognised in tough week for FE
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Feb 10, 2017
Gove admits the UTCs experiment has failed
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Feb 10, 2017
Call to end ban on council-run schools sponsoring academies
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Feb 10, 2017
Dividing our children at 14 has not worked
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Feb 10, 2017
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Feb 9, 2017
Inspectors praise London borough's support for children with SEND
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Feb 8, 2017
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Essex County Council learning branded ‘inadequate’
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Feb 7, 2017
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Feb 6, 2017
Ofsted watch: Outstanding rating highlight of positive week for FE
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Feb 3, 2017
Northern Powerhouse report: Schools need urgent attention
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Feb 3, 2017
Ofsted denies going soft on employers despite IfA notes
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Feb 3, 2017
SEND: Highlights of January and upcoming events and consultations
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Feb 3, 2017
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Feb 3, 2017
'Education establishment' deliberately published highly critical draft report, Durand Academy claims
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Feb 2, 2017
Termly safeguarding audits would help heads ‘sleep at night’
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Feb 2, 2017
Ofsted publishes ‘unapproved’ report placing Durand in special measures
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Feb 2, 2017
Ofsted places embattled Durand Academy in special measures
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Feb 1, 2017
Children who go to badger protests could be reported to anti-terror programme, MP warns
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Feb 1, 2017
Teachers 'consider referring children on anti-badger-cull marches to Prevent programme', MP claims
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Feb 1, 2017
PSHE and SRE 'neglected' in hundreds of inspection reports
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Feb 1, 2017
School leadership podcast February 2017
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Feb 1, 2017
Government to rebroker Manchester free schools founded by charity boss
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Jan 31, 2017
Ofsted rates Birkenhead Sixth Form College as outstanding in all areas
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Jan 31, 2017
Apprenticeship funding rule requiring 20 per cent off-the-job training ‘not going away’
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Jan 30, 2017
Halfon: Careers advice at colleges ‘state of the art’ but schools not good enough
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Jan 30, 2017
We are failing poorer students – school careers advice must step up
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Jan 30, 2017
'Inadequate' Gateway SFC pulls back from Leicestershire area review
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Jan 28, 2017
Ofsted watch: West Cheshire College no longer ‘inadequate’
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Jan 27, 2017
In an increasingly dangerous world for children, greater awareness and education must be the order of the day
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Jan 27, 2017
Report shows college struggle with ‘endemic’ sexualised behaviour
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Jan 27, 2017
Ofsted inspectors are ignoring the quality of sex education teaching in schools, new report claims
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Jan 27, 2017
Ofsted 'fatally neglecting' to monitor sex education
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Jan 27, 2017
Sex and relationships education 'fatally neglected' by Ofsted officers, investigation finds
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Jan 27, 2017
ATL calls for sex and relationship education to be made compulsory
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Jan 27, 2017
Ofsted inspectors are ignoring sex education, says report
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Jan 27, 2017
Ofsted ‘fatally neglecting’ PSHE and sex education, say humanists
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Jan 27, 2017
Sex education mentioned in less than 1% of Ofsted reports
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Jan 27, 2017
Ministers review incentives and consider ‘toughening Ofsted’ over school career advice
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Jan 25, 2017
Research round-up 25 January 2017
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Jan 24, 2017
Ofsted reports require improvement
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Jan 23, 2017
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Jan 18, 2017
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Jan 16, 2017
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Jan 14, 2017
Ofsted watch: Poor start to the year for FE colleges
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Jan 13, 2017
Ofsted makes multiple changes to report after complaints
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Jan 12, 2017
Regional schools commissioners issue warnings to two more academies
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Jan 12, 2017
Government blocks Labour bid to make sex education compulsory
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Jan 11, 2017
Headteacher kept seven foot long boa constrictor in his office without checking safety risk, Ofsted report reveals
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Jan 10, 2017
New Ofsted chief laments grammar schools ‘distraction’
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Jan 10, 2017
Ofsted chief slams Brexit as a ‘national preoccupation’ amid fears education could suffer
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Jan 10, 2017
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Jan 10, 2017
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Jan 9, 2017
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Jan 9, 2017
Brexit may pull political focus from education, says new Ofsted chief
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Jan 9, 2017
Mental health: seven government measures to improve pupils' wellbeing
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Jan 9, 2017
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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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Jan 6, 2017
More than 1,200 schools have not received an Ofsted inspection for over seven years
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Jan 6, 2017
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Jan 6, 2017
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Jan 6, 2017
Ofsted ignores more than 100 schools for a decade
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Jan 6, 2017
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Jan 6, 2017
Ofsted criticises University of Chester Academies Trust over standards and exclusions
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Jan 5, 2017
School improvement ‘failing’ at University of Chester Academies Trust, says Ofsted
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Jan 5, 2017
Ofsted’s position on LGBT programmes in schools
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Jan 4, 2017
Christian schools claim Ofsted used them as ‘soft target’ after ‘inadequate’ judgments
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Jan 4, 2017
Bethnal Green Islamic school slammed by Ofsted for 'book on how women should behave'
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Jan 4, 2017
Children 'at risk' in Christian fundamentalist schools in the UK, warns government watchdog
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Jan 1, 2017
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Dec 23, 2016
Wilshaw criticises international school inspectorates on his last day at Ofsted
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Dec 23, 2016
Migrant pupils do well at school because their parents are more ambitious for them, says outgoing head of Ofsted
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Dec 23, 2016
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Dec 22, 2016
Sir Michael Wilshaw gives himself a 'done my best' grade on his last day at Ofsted
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Free school wants ‘rogue’ Ofsted grade quashed after 10-week ‘turnaround’
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Dec 21, 2016
Farewell, Sir Michael Wilshaw, the Dirty Harry of Ofsted | Laura McInerney
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Dec 20, 2016
Ofsted criticises ‘financial mismanagement’ at college preparing to join with university
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Dec 19, 2016
Ofsted's Education and Skills Annual Report 2016 (20th Dec 2016)
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Dec 19, 2016
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Ofsted: Greenwood Academies Trust has ‘let down pupils’
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Dec 16, 2016
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Dec 16, 2016
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Dec 15, 2016
Ofsted to scrutinise governors’ commitment after report found many lack expertise to challenge heads
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Governors back first sixth form college merger with multi-academy trust
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Plymouth CAST academy trust issued warning notice after leadership failings
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Dec 14, 2016
Warning notice tells Plymouth Cast academy trust to "urgently" address weaknesses
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Dec 14, 2016
School in poor, immigrant neighbourhood soars
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Ofsted probes behaviour link to later learning
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Dec 12, 2016
SSAT 2016: Numeracy and literacy focus narrowed the curriculum, says Sean Harford
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Dec 12, 2016
Trojan Horse issues could reappear in Birmingham schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw warns
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Dec 11, 2016
Private schools plan to offer 10,000 free places to children from low-income backgrounds
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Dec 9, 2016
'Colleges need to reshape their organisations to survive'
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Dec 8, 2016
Ofsted wants key degree apprenticeship inspection role
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Dec 6, 2016
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Dec 6, 2016
PISA 2015: No improvement for a decade … and 10 other oddities
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Dec 6, 2016
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Dec 6, 2016
Ofsted sticks school in special measures, criticising ‘messy’ talks over academy status
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Dec 4, 2016
Derby College praised in Ofsted annual report
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Dec 2, 2016
Sir David Carter welcomes Greening decision to drop mass forced academisation
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Dec 2, 2016
UTCs fare best in report on work-related learning failings
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Dec 2, 2016
Government needs to get the basics right on recruitment, says NAHT
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Dec 2, 2016
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Dec 2, 2016
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Dec 2, 2016
The tick-box route to QTS: four hours’ assessment and no training
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Dec 2, 2016
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School improvement could be faster if the government prioritised teacher recruitment, says NAHT
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Dec 1, 2016
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Dec 1, 2016
University and College Union responds to Ofsted annual report
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Dec 1, 2016
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Ofsted Annual Report 2015/16: England’s education system still short of world class
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Dec 1, 2016
Ofsted annual report highlights high quality of early years education
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North-South education gap widening, Ofsted finds
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Ofsted calls on government action to ensure sufficient places for 30-hour childcare
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Dec 1, 2016
The Guardian view on Sir Michael Wilshaw: ruffling the right feathers | Editorial
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Ofsted annual report: Wilshaw calls for 'an education minister for the North'
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Dec 1, 2016
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Dec 1, 2016
Brexit vote linked to resentment over north-south education divide, warns Ofsted boss
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Dec 1, 2016
Exodus of SEND pupils from mainstream into special schools sees inclusion on the wane
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Dec 1, 2016
Ofsted annual report: Poor schooling in the North contributed to Brexit vote, Wilshaw says
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Ofsted annual report: School ratings rise, but progress stalls for SEN pupils
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Dec 1, 2016
82% of independent training providers now good or outstanding, according to Ofsted
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Dec 1, 2016
Ofsted annual report: Focus on teacher recruitment not school structures, Wilshaw tells ministers
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Dec 1, 2016
North-South divide in school standards contributed to Brexit vote, warns outgoing Oftsed chief
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Dec 1, 2016
Sir Michael Wilshaw: Ofsted's 'Dirty Harry' bids farewell to a colourful career
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Ofsted Annual Report – sector response
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Ofsted annual report: Primary emphasis on spelling and grammar risks narrowing the curriculum
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Ofsted annual report: nine key points
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Dec 1, 2016
Ofsted chief calls for radical shakeup to close widening skills gap
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Ofsted annual report: key points for FE
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Dec 1, 2016
Ofsted chief links divide in education to 'malaise' behind Brexit vote
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Dec 1, 2016
Ofsted boss: Brexit vote linked to poor school performance
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Dec 1, 2016
School performance link to Brexit vote, says Ofsted boss
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Dec 1, 2016
Michael Wilshaw: Failure to improve schools linked to Brexit
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Dec 1, 2016
Key stage 4 work-related learning hit by exams focus, Ofsted warns
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Nov 30, 2016
It's official: your school's marking policy is probably wrong
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Nov 29, 2016
RAISEonline: primary phase concerns this year
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Nov 29, 2016
UTC Cambridge hit by Ofsted grade four rating
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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
Infant schools three times as likely as juniors to get top Ofsted rating
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Nov 28, 2016
Career education under microscope as part of £1m evidence drive
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Sir Michael Wilshaw's speech at the Education Policy Institute conference
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Nov 25, 2016
Latest Ofsted School Inspection Update guidance for inspectors
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Nov 25, 2016
Wilshaw warns against over-reliance on data as he lists proudest Ofsted achievements
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Nov 25, 2016
Ofsted's next chief: watchdog's overall verdicts on schools not 'fair' way of judging heads
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Nov 25, 2016
Plymouth Cast trust criticised over leadership and safeguarding failings
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Nov 25, 2016
Inspectors are still looking for detailed marking despite pleas not to, Ofsted admits
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Nov 25, 2016
FE commissioner’s plea to rescue Hereward College
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Nov 25, 2016
Collab Group: Ofsted isn’t the only marker of success
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Nov 25, 2016
Grade inflation clampdown makes 'little difference' to results in most schools, report argues
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Teach First NQTs ‘least satisfied’ with teacher training
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Nov 24, 2016
Chaotic careers education harms economy, says Ofsted
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Nov 24, 2016
Ofsted: Schools should be doing more to prepare young people for the world of work
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Nov 24, 2016
Ofsted: parents concerned about 'quality and reputation' of apprenticeships
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Nov 24, 2016
Ofsted to put more emphasis on preparation of pupils for employment
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Nov 24, 2016
Most schools are failing to prepare pupils for careers, Ofsted warns
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Nov 24, 2016
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Nov 24, 2016
Ofsted: Proportion of ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ schools increases
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Nov 23, 2016
Good and outstanding schools on rise, Ofsted data shows
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Nov 23, 2016
Pearson’s Ofsted rating up two grades to ‘good’
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Nov 23, 2016
Schools need sufficient resources to continue to raise standards
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Nov 23, 2016
Autumn Statement fails to address education funding crisis
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Nov 23, 2016
Safeguarding children and young people: memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and DfE
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Nov 23, 2016
Future ‘remains uncertain’ for Central Sussex College, Ofsted warns
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Nov 22, 2016
Ofsted's next chief inspector promises to listen to critics even when it 'hurts'
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Nov 22, 2016
Ofsted praises SEN support in Herefordshire
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Nov 22, 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
Affluent schools more likely to improve Ofsted grade, and 3 other key findings from EPI Ofsted report
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Nov 22, 2016
Schools boost Ofsted grades despite deteriorating performance, report finds
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Nov 22, 2016
Schools with disadvantaged intakes less likely to be rated ‘outstanding’
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Nov 22, 2016
UTC backed by Cambridge University receives 'inadequate' Ofsted rating
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Nov 21, 2016
College slumps to ‘inadequate’ Ofsted after coming bottom in FE Week league table
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Nov 21, 2016
Racist incidents 'being covered up in schools' to protect Ofsted ratings, report warns
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Nov 19, 2016
How can financial education in schools help tackle financial exclusion?
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Nov 18, 2016
Colleges go a decade without full inspection
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Nov 15, 2016
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Early years providers graded highest ever by Ofsted
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Nov 15, 2016
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Nov 15, 2016
Ofsted 'should inspect mental health and wellbeing'
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Nov 15, 2016
Wealthy town 'that's failing its pupils': Ofsted chief says he has 'deepening concerns' over the performance of schools in Swindon
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Nov 15, 2016
Swindon pupils 'failed at every level'
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Nov 14, 2016
Swindon’s children failed by schools at every key stage
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Nov 14, 2016
Councils must be allowed to intervene in suspected illegal schools, government adviser warns
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Nov 12, 2016
Ofsted will give 5 days’ notice of SEND inspections
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Nov 11, 2016
'Unseemly rush' means third of free schools are on temporary sites
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Nov 11, 2016
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Nov 10, 2016
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Ofsted closes two 'outstanding' nurseries over fears children will be 'at risk of harm' after staff raise concerns
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Nov 9, 2016
Islamic school ordered to close for failing to prepare pupils for ‘modern British society’
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Nov 9, 2016
Illegal private schools are charging taxpayers £28,000 a head to look after problem pupils in cold and unsafe buildings warn Ofsted
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Nov 8, 2016
Judge refuses to name Islamic school in sex discrimination row as he rules its policy of splitting up boys and girls at age of nine is legal
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Nov 8, 2016
Ofsted wrong to penalise Islamic school over gender segregation, court rules
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School's legal bid to block Ofsted report continues
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Nov 8, 2016
Segregating boys and girls at state-funded Islamic school 'not unlawful discrimination', High Court rules
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Nov 8, 2016
Ofsted ordered to amend report claiming gender segregation broke law
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Headteachers band together against Theresa May’s grammar school plans
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Ofsted on ‘mission to find fault’ at Islamic school, leaving staff feeling bullied, court told
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Nov 7, 2016
The four Muslim colleges, criticised for extremist teaching, that UK officials can't close
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Nov 7, 2016
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In this week's TES Further: One in five general FE colleges graded 'inadequate' by Ofsted
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Nov 4, 2016
Boss of country’s largest academy trust steps down
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CEO of country's biggest academy chain AET to step down
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Nov 3, 2016
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Nov 3, 2016
Ofsted head praises England's schools for immigrant integration
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Nov 2, 2016
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Nov 2, 2016
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Nov 2, 2016
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Nov 2, 2016
Wilshaw: England's schools system is like its football team – 'not top-notch'
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Settlement reached in judicial review over rules for new school sixth forms
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Nov 1, 2016
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Nov 1, 2016
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Oct 31, 2016
Nursery gains landmark high court ruling against Ofsted
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Oct 31, 2016
Tory councils warn of £600m black hole after demise of education bill
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Oct 30, 2016
New grammars would harm British schools, says Ofsted chief
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Oct 30, 2016
Michael Gove will go down as ‘one of the greatest education secretaries’ - Sir Michael Wilshaw
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Oct 30, 2016
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Oct 28, 2016
Alliance calls for changes over compulsory GCSE resits
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Oct 28, 2016
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 28 October 2016
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Oct 28, 2016
Jaguar Land Rover red-faced by 'poor' Ofsted rating
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Oct 28, 2016
Ofsted questions English and maths GCSE resits policy
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Oct 24, 2016
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Oct 21, 2016
Under-fire Nottingham Islamic girls' school appeals pupil ruling
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Oct 21, 2016
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Oct 19, 2016
Sir David Carter: Claim that trusts failed because they grew too quickly is a “myth”
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Oct 19, 2016
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Oct 19, 2016
Pledge to crack down on apprentice 'exploitation'
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Oct 19, 2016
How should schools spend pupil premium funding?
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Oct 18, 2016
Michael Wilshaw renews attack on 'socially divisive' grammar schools
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Oct 16, 2016
Wilshaw: forget grammar schools and focus on vocational education
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Oct 16, 2016
Theresa May must 'stop obsessing about grammar schools and address skills shortages that will worsen after Brexit' claims outgoing head of Ofsted
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Oct 16, 2016
‘I came into teaching to raise standards’ – Michael Wilshaw's forthright farewell
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Oct 15, 2016
Exclusive: Wilshaw – 'I was wrong to dismiss teacher stress'
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Oct 14, 2016
Ofsted, Ofqual and Institute for Apprenticeships discuss apprenticeship changes
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Oct 13, 2016
HMCI's monthly commentary: October 2016
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Oct 11, 2016
Ofsted considering climbdown over logo use
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Oct 1, 2016
Ofsted picks Damar to train its apprentices
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Sep 30, 2016
Secondary school head who scrapped homework is reported to Ofsted
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Sep 30, 2016
Take the time to listen to vulnerable children, say inspectorates
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Sep 29, 2016
Take the time to listen to vulnerable children, say inspectorates
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Sep 29, 2016
Ofsted welcomes 31 new apprentices
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Sep 26, 2016
Blow for Welsh Tories as education chief claims grammar schools 'retrograde step'
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