Ofsted stands accused of being “complicit in gaming its own inspection system” after admitting it was aware of schemes that give schools advance notice of visits.
But it refuses to say if it has ever taken any action.
A Schools Week investigation has uncovered evidence that schools have been able to predict inspections for at least a decade by monitoring web traffic.
It exposes a loophole in a system that is built on the principle that schools should only be told about inspections at most the day before they happen.
