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Outstanding grade 'should only go to schools which help others'
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Ofsted ratings School improvement
  • Apr 2, 2019
Top trust could lose primary academy if more schools fall to ‘inadequate’
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MATs Academies Primary Ofsted ratings Inspections
  • Apr 2, 2019
ESFA to intervene pre-emptively at poor providers
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Independent training providers ESFA Ofsted ratings Intervention
  • Apr 1, 2019
Ofsted watch: Mixed results for FE providers
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Ofsted ratings Training providers
  • Mar 29, 2019
Ofsted downgrades dozens of ‘outstanding’ schools
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Ofsted ratings School performance
  • Mar 29, 2019
Three quarters of schools rated outstanding by Ofsted are in decline
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Ofsted ratings School performance
  • Mar 29, 2019
77% of re-inspected ‘outstanding’ schools degraded
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Ofsted ratings Inspections School performance
  • Mar 28, 2019
Private Islamic school's library books promoted 'hatred' towards gay people
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Islamic Private schools Ofsted ratings Safeguarding Books Homophobia Gender discrimination
  • Mar 28, 2019
Ofsted: Just 23% of reinspected outstanding schools kept their grade
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Ofsted ratings Inspections School improvement
  • Mar 28, 2019
Need to know: How struggling schools get support
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Ofsted ratings Inspections School support
  • Mar 25, 2019
Outsourced schools: the Essex mums fighting back (podcast)
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Primary Ofsted ratings Academisation Local authority
  • Mar 25, 2019
Ofsted watch: Private provider straight in with grade one
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Training providers Ofsted ratings
  • Mar 22, 2019
The truth behind plans to cull 300 staff at England’s largest college group
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Colleges Redundancies Training providers Ofsted ratings Performance
  • Mar 22, 2019
Ofsted director brands legal challenges ‘colossal waste of money’, tells schools to ‘bring it on’
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Ofsted ratings Inspections Legal action School performance
  • Mar 19, 2019
DfE reform could delay help for struggling schools by two years
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DfE Education reforms Accountability Ofsted ratings School improvement
  • Mar 19, 2019
Ofsted 'rejected idea of considering private tuition when rating schools'
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Ofsted ratings Private tuition
  • Mar 18, 2019
Ofsted watch: Four providers improve to ‘good’ in busy week for FE
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Ofsted ratings Training providers
  • Mar 15, 2019
DfE threatens to terminate Inspiration Trust academy's funding agreement
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DfE Funding Ofsted ratings Special measures School performance Academies
  • Mar 15, 2019
DfE 'minded' to rebroker school from Inspiration Trust
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Rebrokering Primary MATs Academies School sponsorship Ofsted ratings School performance
  • Mar 15, 2019
3 in 10 parents don’t use academic performance to choose a secondary
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Parents School performance Ofsted ratings Secondary School choices
  • Mar 14, 2019
Inspections: ‘Harsher’ school ratings revealed
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Ofsted ratings Inspections
  • Mar 11, 2019
School keeps top grade despite failing emergency inspections
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Ofsted ratings School performance Inspections Safeguarding
  • Mar 11, 2019
Islamic school rated 'inadequate' over offensive library books
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Islamic Faith schools Ofsted ratings Inadequate Racism Sexism Library books
  • Mar 8, 2019
Spielman ordered sanction of off-rolling school
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Ofsted ratings Off-rolling Accountability School improvement
  • Mar 8, 2019
Ofsted: How we will fail off-rolling schools in future
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Ofsted ratings Inspections School performance Ofsted framework Off-rolling Accountability
  • Mar 6, 2019
Third school rapped for off-rolling had backing of local council
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Ofsted ratings Off-rolling Pupil exclusions School performance
  • Mar 5, 2019
Ofsted Watch: Adult and community learning providers make great gains
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Colleges Learning providers Ofsted ratings
  • Mar 1, 2019
Inspiration Trust battles Ofsted over special-measures judgement
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Academies MATs Ofsted ratings Special measures
  • Feb 28, 2019
Inspiration Trust slams Ofsted inspectors after primary school put in special measures
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Ofsted ratings Academies Special measures Primary School performance
  • Feb 28, 2019
Mega college in debt consulting on demerger
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Mergers Mega colleges Ofsted ratings
  • Feb 25, 2019
Ofsted watch: Independent specialist college rated ‘inadequate’ in poor week for providers
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Ofsted ratings Colleges Training providers
  • Feb 22, 2019
Ofsted watch: Week of extremes for FE providers
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Ofsted ratings Providers
  • Feb 15, 2019
Arts and media provider to challenge Ofsted ‘inadequate’ rating
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Ofsted ratings Performance
  • Feb 14, 2019
School improvement support for the 2018 to 2019 academic year
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School improvement Ofsted ratings Floor standard Coasting schools
  • Feb 14, 2019
Two state Steiner schools face possible closure or takeover
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Steiner schools Termination warning Safeguarding Ofsted ratings Funding Special measures
  • Feb 13, 2019
Two ‘failing’ Steiner schools could have funding cut over safeguarding concerns
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Steiner schools Funding Safeguarding Rebrokering Ofsted ratings
  • Feb 13, 2019
Two more Steiner schools face funding termination
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Steiner schools Ofsted ratings DfE Funding Rebrokering Special measures
  • Feb 13, 2019
Government moves to rebroker failing Steiner free schools
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Rebrokering Steiner schools Ofsted ratings Safeguarding
  • Feb 13, 2019
Mysterious apprenticeship provider judged ‘insufficient’ by Ofsted following FE Week exposé
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Apprenticeship training providers Subcontracting Ofsted ratings Training Skills
  • Feb 13, 2019
Ofsted watch: Another positive week for providers
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Ofsted ratings
  • Feb 8, 2019
The 5 causes of poor performance in FE - Chapter 3
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Performance Colleges Ofsted ratings
  • Feb 8, 2019
College told to urgently improve leadership
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Colleges Improvement Ofsted ratings
  • Feb 7, 2019
Apprenticeships: It's a question of quality
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Apprenticeship training Ofsted ratings Provision Apprenticeship training providers
  • Feb 7, 2019
College performance compared to other sectors - Chapter 2
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Colleges Performance Ofsted ratings
  • Feb 7, 2019
Troubled college ‘determined to secure long-term future’ ahead of FE Commissioner report
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Colleges Ofsted ratings Performance Improvement
  • Feb 7, 2019
Quality of music education should affect a school’s Ofsted rating, says report
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Music tuition Ofsted ratings School performance
  • Feb 4, 2019
Ofsted 'requires improvement' grade to replace floor and coasting standards
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Ofsted ratings Floor standard Coasting School improvement
  • Jan 28, 2019
Identifying schools for support
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School performance Ofsted ratings
  • Jan 28, 2019
Ofsted watch: Up-and-down week for FE
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Ofsted ratings Colleges Training providers
  • Jan 25, 2019
Top ratings from Ofsted lowered on return visit
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Ofsted ratings Inspections School performance
  • Jan 24, 2019
These Steiner ‘failures’ are really a failure of the free school agenda | Zoe Williams
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Steiner schools Free schools Ofsted ratings School performance Safeguarding Bullying
  • Jan 18, 2019
Ofsted inspections find three Steiner schools to be ‘inadequate’
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Ofsted inspections Steiner schools Ofsted ratings Safeguarding Bullying Pupil exclusions
  • Jan 17, 2019
Provider rated ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted found low employment for arts and media students
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Ofsted ratings Private providers Arts Media Employability
  • Jan 16, 2019
Schools in 'tough areas' could get new rankings
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Ofsted framework Inspections School performance Ofsted ratings
  • Jan 16, 2019
Schools failing to tackle bullying and poor behaviour to be heavily punished by Ofsted
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Ofsted inspections Pupil support Bullying Behaviour Ofsted ratings School performance
  • Jan 16, 2019
Do you trust Ofsted not to 'raise the bar' for your school?
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Ofsted ratings School performance Inspections
  • Jan 15, 2019
Ofsted praises school with silent corridors and high exclusion rate
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Ofsted ratings Behaviour School performance
  • Jan 14, 2019
Ofsted watch: Mixed week for FE providers
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Ofsted ratings Training providers Colleges
  • Jan 11, 2019
First ever loans-only provider to get Ofsted ‘outstanding’
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Ofsted ratings Loan providers
  • Jan 9, 2019
'Over-ambitious parents' are landing their children in the worst schools
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School applications School places Primary Ofsted ratings School performance
  • Jan 9, 2019
How would Ofsted judge this Gradgrind curriculum?
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Ofsted ratings Curriculum
  • Jan 8, 2019
College gets its ‘good’ Ofsted rating back a year after mega-merger
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Colleges Ofsted ratings Mergers Performance
  • Jan 8, 2019
Visits to English schools by Nick Gibb MP
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Nick Gibb Ofsted ratings
  • Jan 6, 2019
Ofsted wins Court of Appeal case against Durand Academy
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Ofsted Legal action Inspections Ofsted ratings School performance
  • Dec 21, 2018
Ofsted wins appeal against Durand Academy High Court ruling
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Ofsted ratings Inspections Academies School performance Legal action
  • Dec 21, 2018
Iranian government school gives ‘limited’ information about extremism
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School performance Safeguarding Radicalisation Extremism Ofsted ratings
  • Dec 20, 2018
Policy Exchange: Deny top Ofsted grades to schools that fail to demand good behaviour
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Policy Exchange Ofsted Ofsted ratings Behaviour Disruption Discipline
  • Dec 17, 2018
Cuckoo Hall Academy threatened with funding termination
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Funding Termination warning Ofsted ratings DfE
  • Dec 14, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Three providers rated ‘good’ in first inspections
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Ofsted ratings Training providers Colleges
  • Dec 14, 2018
Provider to challenge ‘inadequate’ grade after Ofsted found copy and paste assignments
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Ofsted ratings Training providers Private providers Ofsted inspections
  • Dec 12, 2018
Ofsted annual report: Top marks for large groups
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Nurseries Childcare Ofsted ratings Performance
  • Dec 9, 2018
Top-rated schools and grammars pocket the most in parental donations
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Grammar schools Ofsted ratings Donations School performance Funding
  • Dec 7, 2018
'Inadequate' Steiner school to be taken over by academy chain
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Steiner schools Ofsted ratings School performance School sponsorship MATs Academies
  • Dec 6, 2018
‘Inadequate’ Steiner free school faces rebrokerage over pupil safety
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Steiner schools Free schools Ofsted ratings School performance Pupil exclusions Rebrokering School sponsorship
  • Dec 6, 2018
Over ‘optimistic’ leaders drag council down to ‘inadequate’
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Adult education Ofsted ratings Improvement
  • Dec 5, 2018
Ofsted figures reveal it is the new private providers letting the sector down
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Private providers Ofsted ratings Apprenticeship levy Funding
  • Dec 4, 2018
Stuck schools and 5 other key findings in Ofsted's annual report
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Ofsted Amanda Spielman Stuck schools Ofsted inspections Ofsted ratings Disadvantaged pupils Phonics MATs Off-rolling Pupil exclusions Academisation
  • Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted finds no off-the-job training at care sector apprenticeship provider
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Off-the-job training Care Ofsted ratings Apprenticeship training providers
  • Dec 3, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Week of winners and losers in FE
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Ofsted ratings Colleges Training providers
  • Nov 30, 2018
Revealed: vast majority of loans-only providers are less than good
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Colleges Performance Advanced learner loans Ofsted ratings
  • Nov 30, 2018
Only schools with ‘excellent’ arts provision should be rated outstanding, says charity
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Ofsted ratings Arts Technical education Academic Vocational education
  • Nov 29, 2018
Only schools with ‘excellent’ vocational provision should be rated outstanding, says charity
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Ofsted ratings Vocational education Academic Technical education
  • Nov 29, 2018
Schools should offer creative and technical subjects to warrant top Ofsted rating, says report
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Ofsted ratings Technical education Academic Vocational education
  • Nov 28, 2018
College that crashed two grades from ‘outstanding’ to cut 41 jobs
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Colleges Ofsted ratings Redundancies Performance Finances
  • Nov 27, 2018
School featured in Educating Greater Manchester is put in special measures
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Ofsted ratings Special measures School performance
  • Nov 27, 2018
Educating Greater Manchester school in special measures
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Ofsted ratings Special measures School performance
  • Nov 26, 2018
Educating Greater Manchester school Harrop Fold in special measures
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Ofsted ratings Special measures School performance
  • Nov 26, 2018
Educating Greater Manchester school put into special measures
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Ofsted ratings Special measures School performance
  • Nov 26, 2018
Ofsted watch: Private provider rated grade four in first inspection
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Ofsted ratings Colleges Apprenticeship training providers
  • Nov 23, 2018
Third ‘requires improvement’ rating in a row for mega college in debt
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Colleges Ofsted ratings Improvement Performance
  • Nov 23, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Difficult week for FE as providers hit with low grades
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Ofsted inspections Ofsted ratings Colleges Apprenticeship training providers
  • Nov 16, 2018
Three quarters of colleges rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted
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Ofsted inspections Colleges Ofsted ratings
  • Nov 16, 2018
Analysis of DfE academy system figures reveals wide variations between England's eight regions
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RSCs MATs Ofsted ratings School performance DfE
  • Nov 15, 2018
DfE ‘minded to terminate’ funding of four academies
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DfE Funding Termination Academies Rebrokering School sponsorship Ofsted ratings MATs
  • Nov 15, 2018
The government sets out plans to support underperforming schools
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School performance Underperforming Funding Coasting schools Floor standard Ofsted ratings
  • Nov 14, 2018
AET to give up two more schools after minister demands change
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Academies MATs Ofsted ratings School performance
  • Nov 14, 2018
FE loan-funded provider with copy and paste assignments slammed by Ofsted
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Ofsted ratings Training providers Colleges
  • Nov 14, 2018
Provider to challenge inspection after Ofsted found learners ‘unaware’ they took out an FE loan
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Apprenticeship training providers Ofsted ratings Progress Skills Inspections
  • Nov 13, 2018
DfE finally takes action against failing private school
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DfE Failing schools Private schools School standards Islamic Ofsted inspections Ofsted ratings
  • Nov 13, 2018
Second consecutive ‘inadequate’ Ofsted inspection for previously grade two college
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Ofsted ratings Colleges Inspections
  • Nov 12, 2018
The logic of confidence or what we should expect from our schools
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School performance Ofsted ratings School standards
  • Nov 2, 2018
'Serious corporate failure' at West Nottinghamshire College
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FE Commissioner Ofsted ratings Intervention Administered status
  • Nov 2, 2018
London college slammed for 'poor' leadership
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Intervention Ofsted ratings Administered status FE Commissioner
  • Nov 2, 2018
How do Ofsted ratings relate to Key Stage 2 progress scores?
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Ofsted ratings Progress measures Progress 8
  • Oct 30, 2018
How did Ofsted ratings relate to Progress 8 scores in 2017/18?
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Progress 8 Ofsted ratings ASCL
  • Oct 11, 2018
Come on Amanda, ditch the Ofsted grading for schools
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Amanda Spielman Ofsted Ofsted ratings
  • Sep 29, 2018
Ofsted's proposals could increase workload yet again
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Ofsted Ofsted ratings
  • Aug 13, 2018
The relationship between Progress 8 and Ofsted judgments for disadvantaged schools
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Disadvantaged Progress 8 Ofsted ratings
  • Jul 11, 2018
Brightlingsea pupils 'feel unsafe' at Colne school
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Ofsted ratings Special measures School improvement Inspections
  • Jul 5, 2018
‘A market-led school system has put finances before the needs of pupils’
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Budgets Funding Academies State schools Ofsted ratings
  • Jun 30, 2018
Ofsted requires improvement – but how do we get there?
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Ofsted inspections Ofsted ratings
  • Jun 29, 2018
Give schools an Ofsted rating for their careers advice, say MPs
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Ofsted ratings Careers guidance
  • Jun 22, 2018
Ofsted to keep 'outstanding' grades
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Ofsted ratings Inspections Curriculum
  • Jun 21, 2018
Schools in white working-class areas are worse because they 'lack the aspiration and drive' of migrant communities, Ofsted boss says
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Working class Aspirations Ofsted ratings Motivation Secondary Academic performance
  • Jun 21, 2018
Amanda Spielman rules out changes to Ofsted’s grading system
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Amanda Spielman Ofsted ratings Inspections
  • Jun 21, 2018
Ofsted will keep its four-point grading system – for now
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Ofsted ratings Inspections
  • Jun 21, 2018
NCG rated 'requires improvement' by Ofsted
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Ofsted ratings Colleges Improvement
  • Jun 21, 2018
Grade three Ofsted ratings confirmed for NCG and Intraining
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Colleges Ofsted ratings Training providers
  • Jun 21, 2018
Highbury College tumbles two grades from ‘outstanding’
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Colleges Ofsted ratings Inspections
  • Jun 7, 2018
What is Ofsted, how do school inspection reports work and what does the ratings system mean?
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Ofsted ratings Inspections School performance Primary Secondary
  • Jun 5, 2018
Private alternative providers get worse Ofsteds than council provision, and 4 other findings
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Alternative provision Ofsted ratings Inspections PRUs State funded
  • May 30, 2018
Ofsted inspection: 10 things you need to know
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Ofsted inspections Ofsted ratings School performance
  • May 28, 2018
League tables ‘destroy’ poor white schools
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League tables Ofsted ratings Rankings Disadvantaged School performance
  • May 25, 2018
Comment on NAO’s report on Ofsted’s inspection of schools
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Ofsted ratings Inspections School performance NAO
  • May 24, 2018
NASUWT comments on National Audit Office report into Ofsted finances
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NAO Ofsted ratings Inspections School performance
  • May 24, 2018
Some ‘outstanding’ schools may not be ‘good’ – Ofsted
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Ofsted ratings Inspections School performance
  • May 24, 2018
What is Ofsted? How do the school inspection reports work and what do the ratings mean?
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Ofsted ratings Inspections School performance
  • May 24, 2018
Ofsted: Let us routinely inspect 'outstanding' schools
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Ofsted ratings Inspections School performance
  • May 24, 2018
Ofsted admits some 'outstanding schools aren't that good'
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Ofsted ratings School performance Inspections
  • May 24, 2018
Voice comments on NAO’s Ofsted report
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Unions Ofsted inspections School performance Ofsted ratings
  • 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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Free schools Inspections Ofsted NAO Ofsted ratings
  • May 24, 2018
Ofsted wants to scrap inspection exemption for ‘outstanding’ schools
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Ofsted ratings Inspections School performance
  • May 24, 2018
Schools rated outstanding not inspected for a decade
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Ofsted ratings Inspections School performance
  • May 24, 2018
'Scrapping Ofsted grades wouldn't fix accountability'
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Ofsted ratings Accountability
  • May 23, 2018
'Parents look at so much more than an Ofsted rating'
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Ofsted ratings Parents
  • May 7, 2018
Ofsted watch: Ambulance trust fares well in early monitoring visit
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Ofsted ratings Inspections Colleges Training providers
  • May 4, 2018
Analysis: Has the pressure been lifted from thousands of schools?
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Ofsted ratings Academisation Inspections
  • May 4, 2018
‘Unsafe’ Moulton College appoints safe pair of hands as interim principal
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Colleges Leaders Ofsted ratings
  • May 3, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Royal Navy apprenticeships are ‘outstanding’
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Ofsted ratings Inspections Training providers Colleges
  • Apr 27, 2018
Could Ofsted be about to wipe the grading slate clean?
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Ofsted ratings Inspections
  • Apr 27, 2018
'Inadequate' £4.2 million free school to close 16 months after Tory schools minister cut ribbon
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Free schools School closures Ofsted ratings
  • Apr 25, 2018
Second studio school closure announcement in two days
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Studio schools School closures Ofsted ratings
  • Apr 24, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Tough week for providers inspected for first time
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Ofsted ratings Inspections Colleges Training providers
  • Apr 20, 2018
South Wiltshire UTC rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted
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UTCs Ofsted ratings Inspections 16-19 Improvement
  • Apr 19, 2018
South Wiltshire UTC rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted
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UTCs Ofsted ratings Inspections 16-19 Improvement
  • Apr 19, 2018
DfE's top official calls for 'more rounded' way of judging UTCs
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UTCs DfE Technical education 14-19 Ofsted ratings
  • Apr 18, 2018
Governors quit free school where no pupils did GCSEs
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Governors Ofsted ratings Inspections Free schools GCSEs School improvement
  • Apr 18, 2018
Principal resigns after Ofsted brands Moulton College ‘unsafe’
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Principals Colleges Resignations Ofsted ratings
  • Apr 10, 2018
Learndirect did not get ‘anywhere near’ winning legal battle against Ofsted, judge says
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Learndirect Ofsted ratings Training providers Apprenticeships
  • Apr 6, 2018
College branded ‘unsafe’ in damning Ofsted report
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Colleges Ofsted ratings Safety Apprenticeships
  • Apr 3, 2018
Ofsted raise health and safety concerns at 'inadequate' college
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Ofsted ratings Colleges Improvement
  • Apr 3, 2018
Daily roundup 29 March: Holiday support, Cafcass, and Brexit
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School holidays Disadvantaged Ofsted ratings Funding Free school meals
  • Mar 29, 2018
Ofsted watch: Two providers pull up from ‘inadequate’
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Ofsted ratings Inspections Training providers
  • Mar 29, 2018
Adult learning provider improves from inadequate to good
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Adult education Training providers Vocational education Ofsted ratings
  • Mar 29, 2018
Ofsted to use artificial-intelligence algorithm to predict which schools are 'less than good'
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Ofsted ratings
  • Mar 29, 2018
University's Early Years Teacher course first to receive Ofsted outstanding
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Early years EYITT Teacher training Ofsted ratings
  • Mar 27, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Encouraging week for adult and community learning providers
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Ofsted ratings Adult education Colleges Training providers
  • Mar 23, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Five providers improve to grade ‘good’
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Ofsted ratings Training providers Colleges
  • Mar 16, 2018
'Outstanding' schools could be narrowing the curriculum, senior Ofsted official fears
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Ofsted ratings Narrow curriculum Primary Secondary
  • Mar 15, 2018
Ofsted grades from predecessor schools will now remain on new academies' records
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Ofsted ratings Predecessor schools Academies Inspections Primary Secondary
  • Mar 15, 2018
Five reasons to ditch Ofsted grades
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Ofsted ratings Inspections School improvement
  • Mar 14, 2018
No eye-rolling, no shrugging: how head helped Battersea school hit top Ofsted rating
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Ofsted ratings Inspections Academies Secondary
  • Mar 12, 2018
Barnfield College suspends its recruitment of apprentices
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Colleges Apprentices Ofsted ratings Apprenticeships ESFA
  • Mar 9, 2018
Ofsted watch: A week of contrasts in apprenticeship provision
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Ofsted ratings Colleges Training providers Inspections
  • Mar 9, 2018
Schools ordered to become academies set to close because no one will sponsor them
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Academy conversions School sponsorship School closures Church schools Ofsted ratings
  • Mar 8, 2018
Rate schools on how they meet pupils’ mental health needs, care commission tells Ofsted
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Ofsted ratings Mental health
  • Mar 8, 2018
Sheffield College retains its grade three despite achievement-rate worries
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Colleges Ofsted ratings Inspections Standards Achievement
  • Mar 7, 2018
Barnfield College could lose its apprenticeships provision
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Colleges Apprenticeships Ofsted ratings Inspections Improvement
  • Mar 7, 2018
Secret Teacher: sensationalist headlines can do real damage to schools
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Underperforming schools Ofsted ratings Secret Teacher
  • Mar 3, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Tough week for UTCs as two get ‘requires improvement’
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Ofsted UTCs Training providers Colleges Ofsted ratings
  • Mar 2, 2018
Cornish diocese forces an entire MAT board to resign
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MATs Academies Faith schools School improvement Ofsted ratings
  • Mar 2, 2018
Stockport College earns its third Ofsted ‘inadequate’ in five years
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Colleges Ofsted ratings
  • Mar 1, 2018
The new education secretary needs to stop seeing "outstanding" schools and start visiting those judged "coasting"
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Damian Hinds Coasting schools Ofsted ratings DfE School performance
  • Feb 22, 2018
Academy conversions
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Academy conversions Ofsted ratings School sponsorship
  • Feb 22, 2018
Failing schools turned into academies at a cost of £745m
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Academy conversions Ofsted ratings School performance School sponsorship
  • Feb 22, 2018
Council branded ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted warns of radicalisation risk
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Ofsted ratings Radicalisation Apprenticeships Provision Apprentices
  • Feb 19, 2018
Ofsted watch: ITP goes straight in with a ‘good’
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Ofsted ratings Colleges Training providers
  • Feb 16, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Delight for colleges but despair for community learning provider
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Ofsted ratings Inspections Colleges Training providers
  • Feb 9, 2018
Let’s maintain the upward Ofsted trend for colleges!
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Colleges Ofsted ratings Inspections
  • Feb 9, 2018
College sector performance continues rapid improvement
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Colleges Performance Ofsted ratings
  • Feb 7, 2018
Ofsted watch: Top grade for independent learning provider
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Ofsted ratings Inspections Colleges Training providers
  • Feb 2, 2018
Greater capacity, resources and focus needed to accelerate improvement, says FE commissioner
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Colleges Ofsted ratings Improvement
  • Jan 31, 2018
Inadequate providers can continue training existing apprentices, ESFA confirms
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ESFA Ofsted ratings Training providers Apprentices RoATP
  • Jan 31, 2018
Removal from register of apprenticeship training providers
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ESFA Apprenticeship training providers Ofsted ratings
  • Jan 30, 2018
#ditchthegrades Let’s call time on Ofsted grades for schools
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Ofsted ratings Inspections Accountability School performance
  • Jan 30, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Luton Sixth Form College slips from grade one
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Colleges Ofsted ratings Inspections
  • Jan 26, 2018
The scandal of inadequate apprenticeships
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Apprenticeship levy Learndirect Ofsted Legal actions Ofsted ratings Funding Apprentices Skills Vocational education Technical training
  • Jan 26, 2018
6 findings on latest EEF report
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Attainment gap Disadvantaged pupils Secondary Pupil outcomes Attainment 8 Ofsted ratings GCSEs English Maths Grading Funding
  • Jan 25, 2018
Evaluation of Universal Infant Free School Meals
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Free school meals UIFSM Funding Health Wellness Ofsted ratings
  • Jan 24, 2018
Closing the attainment gap - new EEF report reveals stark challenge
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Attainment gap Disadvantaged pupils Primary Secondary Attainment 8 Progress 8 Ofsted ratings Underperformance
  • Jan 23, 2018
6 charts on the attainment gap
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Attainment gap Disadvantaged pupils Primary Secondary Post-16 Funding Ofsted ratings
  • Jan 23, 2018
‘We feel unwanted’: an ‘orphan’ school at the sharp end of academisation
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Academies Primary schools Ofsted ratings Special measures MATs
  • Jan 22, 2018
Exeter College brings the big guns in its non-levy tender battle
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Colleges Non-levy tendering Funding Ofsted ratings ESFA
  • Jan 19, 2018
Ofsted watch: Trio of providers lose ‘outstanding’ grades
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Colleges Inspections Ofsted ratings
  • Jan 19, 2018
FE providers left for a decade without Ofsted inspection
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Colleges Ofsted ratings Inspections Training providers
  • Jan 19, 2018
Learndirect ‘blocked critical report to keep funding’
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Learndirect Funding Legal action Ofsted Training providers Ofsted ratings ESFA
  • Jan 17, 2018
Ofsted: providers judged to have outstanding overall effectiveness
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Statistical data Ofsted inspections Ofsted ratings
  • Jan 15, 2018
Ofsted watch: Two providers climb out of ‘inadequate’ but one slumps the other way
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Ofsted ratings Colleges Training providers Inspections
  • Jan 12, 2018
This is what Cardiff's new superschool Eastern Community Campus looks like
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