Ofsted will not inspect schools next Wednesday or Thursday as teachers prepare to strike again over pay and school funding.
Members of the National Education Union in all nine regions of England are due to walk out next week. It is the first national strike since February 1, but comes after regional strikes on three days last week.
As it did during action on February 1, Ofsted has confirmed it will “schedule school inspection notifications and on-site inspections to avoid strike days”.
However, the watchdog said it wanted to “maintain school inspection activity as far as possible, while responding sensitively to local circumstances”.
“To avoid the two-day national strike on Wednesday March 15 and Thursday March 16, we will notify schools on Friday March 10, for inspections taking place on Monday March 13 and Tuesday March 14.”
