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Private Islamic school's library books promoted 'hatred' towards gay people
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Ofsted director brands legal challenges ‘colossal waste of money’, tells schools to ‘bring it on’
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DfE reform could delay help for struggling schools by two years
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Ofsted 'rejected idea of considering private tuition when rating schools'
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Spielman ordered sanction of off-rolling school
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Top-rated schools and grammars pocket the most in parental donations
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‘Inadequate’ Steiner free school faces rebrokerage over pupil safety
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Over ‘optimistic’ leaders drag council down to ‘inadequate’
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Revealed: vast majority of loans-only providers are less than good
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Only schools with ‘excellent’ arts provision should be rated outstanding, says charity
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Only schools with ‘excellent’ vocational provision should be rated outstanding, says charity
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Schools should offer creative and technical subjects to warrant top Ofsted rating, says report
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College that crashed two grades from ‘outstanding’ to cut 41 jobs
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Third ‘requires improvement’ rating in a row for mega college in debt
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Three quarters of colleges rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted
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DfE ‘minded to terminate’ funding of four academies
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AET to give up two more schools after minister demands change
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DfE finally takes action against failing private school
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'Serious corporate failure' at West Nottinghamshire College
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London college slammed for 'poor' leadership
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Ofsted's proposals could increase workload yet again
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Brightlingsea pupils 'feel unsafe' at Colne school
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‘A market-led school system has put finances before the needs of pupils’
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Give schools an Ofsted rating for their careers advice, say MPs
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Ofsted to keep 'outstanding' grades
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Amanda Spielman rules out changes to Ofsted’s grading system
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Ofsted will keep its four-point grading system – for now
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NCG rated 'requires improvement' by Ofsted
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League tables ‘destroy’ poor white schools
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Ofsted wants to scrap inspection exemption for ‘outstanding’ schools
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Analysis: Has the pressure been lifted from thousands of schools?
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‘Unsafe’ Moulton College appoints safe pair of hands as interim principal
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Ofsted Watch: Royal Navy apprenticeships are ‘outstanding’
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'Inadequate' £4.2 million free school to close 16 months after Tory schools minister cut ribbon
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Second studio school closure announcement in two days
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South Wiltshire UTC rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted
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South Wiltshire UTC rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted
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DfE's top official calls for 'more rounded' way of judging UTCs
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Governors quit free school where no pupils did GCSEs
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Principal resigns after Ofsted brands Moulton College ‘unsafe’
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Ofsted raise health and safety concerns at 'inadequate' college
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Daily roundup 29 March: Holiday support, Cafcass, and Brexit
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Ofsted watch: Two providers pull up from ‘inadequate’
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Adult learning provider improves from inadequate to good
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University's Early Years Teacher course first to receive Ofsted outstanding
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Ofsted Watch: Encouraging week for adult and community learning providers
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Ofsted Watch: Five providers improve to grade ‘good’
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'Outstanding' schools could be narrowing the curriculum, senior Ofsted official fears
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Ofsted grades from predecessor schools will now remain on new academies' records
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Barnfield College suspends its recruitment of apprentices
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Ofsted watch: A week of contrasts in apprenticeship provision
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Schools ordered to become academies set to close because no one will sponsor them
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Rate schools on how they meet pupils’ mental health needs, care commission tells Ofsted
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Sheffield College retains its grade three despite achievement-rate worries
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Barnfield College could lose its apprenticeships provision
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Secret Teacher: sensationalist headlines can do real damage to schools
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Ofsted Watch: Tough week for UTCs as two get ‘requires improvement’
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Cornish diocese forces an entire MAT board to resign
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Stockport College earns its third Ofsted ‘inadequate’ in five years
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The new education secretary needs to stop seeing "outstanding" schools and start visiting those judged "coasting"
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Failing schools turned into academies at a cost of £745m
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Council branded ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted warns of radicalisation risk
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Ofsted Watch: Delight for colleges but despair for community learning provider
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College sector performance continues rapid improvement
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Ofsted watch: Top grade for independent learning provider
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Inadequate providers can continue training existing apprentices, ESFA confirms
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Removal from register of apprenticeship training providers
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#ditchthegrades Let’s call time on Ofsted grades for schools
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Ofsted Watch: Luton Sixth Form College slips from grade one
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The scandal of inadequate apprenticeships
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6 findings on latest EEF report
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Evaluation of Universal Infant Free School Meals
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Closing the attainment gap - new EEF report reveals stark challenge
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6 charts on the attainment gap
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‘We feel unwanted’: an ‘orphan’ school at the sharp end of academisation
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Exeter College brings the big guns in its non-levy tender battle
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Ofsted watch: Trio of providers lose ‘outstanding’ grades
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FE providers left for a decade without Ofsted inspection
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Learndirect ‘blocked critical report to keep funding’
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Ofsted: providers judged to have outstanding overall effectiveness
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Ofsted watch: Two providers climb out of ‘inadequate’ but one slumps the other way
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Ofsted should use artificial intelligence to determine which schools will fail, report suggests
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Schools in Ofsted’s ‘name and shame’ list have been forced to make almost 600 staff cuts
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Schools on Ofsted 'name and shame' list suffer huge staff exodus, union claims
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Ofsted Watch: Two ‘inadequate’ providers make slow improvement
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Ofsted tells college to ditch ‘outstanding’ label
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511 primary schools under floor standards (or 546 if you’re picky)
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Ofsted signals focus on curriculum and GCSE hothousing
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Ofsted Annual Report: 65 inadequate schools still not converted after 17 months
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Ofsted annual report: 130 schools not rated ‘good’ for over a decade
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Ofsted: Around 130 schools fail to reach 'good' grade in last ten years
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Ofsted warned before annual report of worsening employer provider performance
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‘Inadequate’ rated provider hopes to secure future through takeover
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Lack of funding a 'major challenge' for university technical colleges, research find
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College complains to Ofsted over rating of 14 to 16 provision
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Ofsted heaps praise on ‘much improved’ Diocese of Ely academy trust
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Ofsted Watch: Tough week for FE as grades fall
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Ofsted will wait two years before inspecting schools that may no longer be 'good'
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Ofsted confirms new arrangements for short inspections
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Islamic school makes pupils ask for lavatory paper
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Ofsted Watch: Success for colleges but ITP rated ‘inadequate’
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Education Secretary visits School of the Year
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Colleges’ Ofsted grades bounce back
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Ofsted statistics shake-up will drop ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rate by 2%
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Tough new intervention trigger for FE Commissioner
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Ofsted’s further education and skills official statistics for 2016/17 have been released
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Ofsted Watch: ‘Good’ news all round for FE
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'Sharp decline' in standards at private faith schools, Ofsted finds
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Padstow Christmas tree treat cancelled after critical Ofsted report
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Children 'banned from Christmas tree tradition' after Ofsted slates school as 'inadequate'
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Primary school children banned from decorating Christmas tree after school was given 'inadequate' Ofsted rating
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Ofsted chair welcomes calls for greater scrutiny of 'outstanding' schools
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Ofsted boost for college battling ‘financial crisis’
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First-time headteacher took one of the worst schools in the country and transformed it in an incredible way
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Ofsted Watch: New leadership praised at improved college
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‘Inadequate’ Ofsted blow for Tees Valley college
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Spielman: 'Too many' college students 'do not get the education they deserve'
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David Ross Education Trust told to improve after Ofsted visits 13 schools
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Failed academy trust still runs a dozen schools
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New Ofsted system would see schools graded 'good-ish', headteachers warn
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Ofsted watch: Two providers crash two grades to inadequate
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Durand's court victory over Ofsted 'threatens academies programme'
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Learndirect rated 'inadequate' in Ofsted report
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Department for Education pulls all Learndirect contracts and funding
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Government pulls all Learndirect contracts and funding
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Arrogant Ofsted tried to destroy us, says head of academy after legal victory
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Ofsted watch: Private provider loses ‘outstanding’ rating
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Free school that omits arts and humanities rated ‘inadequate’
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Ofsted watch: Two providers slump to ‘inadequate’
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School bars underachieving year group from taking GCSEs
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Parents with just two schools to choose from... and both are failing: Both secondaries in one postcode area are rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted
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Ofsted watch: Three providers branded ‘inadequate’
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Provider's grade four imperils hundreds of learner loans
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Planned increase in academisation needs careful monitoring to protect quality and availability of early education, report warns
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London junior school fails Ofsted rules because it doesn't teach girls about homosexuality
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School improvement ‘failing’ at Academy Trust of Melksham, says Ofsted
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NCG and others blame IT ‘glitches’ for achievement rates table absence
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Ofsted watch: Local authority provider shakes off inadequate rating
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Second consecutive grade four Ofsted for previously ‘outstanding’ college
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Britain's strictest school gets top marks from Ofsted
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Free school championed by Gibb rated outstanding across the board
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MAT for excluded pupils allowed to expand despite worst Ofsted
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FE provider destroyed by lack of audit
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Pay cut row at struggling north east college
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Willenhall E-Act Academy handed worst Ofsted report possible after pupils ‘pelt inspectors with food’
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Ofsted watch: Three colleges slide to grade three
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Willenhall school pupils threw food at Ofsted inspectors
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Troubled UTC Plymouth pauses recruitment at 14
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Sixteenth studio school confirms it will close
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Highly unusual decision taken to extend principal’s notice period to full year
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  • Apr 26, 2017
Secondary schools twice as likely to be rated under-performing by Ofsted, study finds 
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  • Apr 20, 2017
Research round-up 12 April 2017
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  • Apr 18, 2017
Daily roundup 18 April: Pupil monitoring, mental health and Brexit fears
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  • Apr 18, 2017
Justine Greening: education at the heart of our plan for Britain
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  • Apr 13, 2017
Outstanding Ofsted verdict for private apprenticeships provider
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  • Apr 11, 2017
Ofsted watch: college snubbed from register rated 'outstanding' for apprenticeships
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  • Apr 7, 2017
Breaking: Ofsted launches official ‘good’ logo in policy U-turn
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UTC that ‘knocked pupils’ aspirations’ put in special measures
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Sixth UTC hit with Ofsted inadequate grade
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UTC that 'knocked pupils' confidence' goes into special measures
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  • Apr 5, 2017
The real cost of a good education: Parents 'face £52,000 premium' to live near an outstanding school
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  • Apr 5, 2017
Parents face £52,000 premium to live near an ‘outstanding’ primary school
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Parents pay £52k premium to live near 'outstanding' primary, study shows
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Parents pay £52,000 more to live in areas with outstanding schools, new survey reveals
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  • Apr 5, 2017
A school has been rated ‘excellent’ in all five categories - a rare highest mark from inspectors
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  • Mar 31, 2017
First inadequate Ofsted rating for loans-only provider
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  • Mar 30, 2017
Helen Hayes MP: London schools put at risk by Tories 'disproportionate' school funding formula
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  • Mar 29, 2017
School behaviour management case studies report
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  • Mar 24, 2017
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Ofsted watch: Another UTC hit with poor grade
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Nicky Morgan, Nick Clegg and Lucy Powell to lead grammar schools debate
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  • Mar 23, 2017
Northern Education Trust academies criticised by watchdog
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  • Mar 21, 2017
Northern Education Trust blasted by Ofsted despite taking over ‘untouchable’ schools
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  • Mar 21, 2017
Soaring house prices are penalising parents who want the best school places for their children 
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  • Mar 20, 2017
Minister wrongly claims there are no grade four providers on new apprenticeships register
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  • Mar 20, 2017
College of Teaching leader brands Ofsted 'outstanding' grade 'very problematic'
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  • Mar 20, 2017
Ofsted watch: sixth form college plummets after 10-year inspection wait
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  • Mar 17, 2017
Ofsted rates dozens of new schools 'outstanding' without exam results
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  • Mar 17, 2017
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  • Mar 16, 2017
Top Ofsted rating should reflect good mental health support, say experts
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  • Mar 15, 2017
Pupils 'hosed down' for asbestos and four other key points on school buildings heard by MPs today
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  • Mar 13, 2017
Ofsted watch: College bounces back from inadequate to good
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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
More research is needed into the reliability of Ofsted inspections, says NAHT
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Ofsted short inspections
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  • Mar 7, 2017
Why I'm giving education a huge boost: article by Theresa May
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Graduate settings have little impact on children's outcomes
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