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Ofsted to test new SEND inclusion cash plans

Colleges and training providers receiving new SEND inclusion funding will have to show inspectors how the money is improving outcomes for students under updated Ofsted rules coming into force this September.

Minister suggests Ofsted could inspect new school food standards

New school food standards “will have to be monitored” by Ofsted, a health minister has suggested.

School paperwork surges due to ‘horrendous’ Ofsted workload

Around half of secondary schools have already produced extra documents to prepare for the new inspections.

Just as teachers don’t always do what their leaders hope they’ll do, neither do schools always behave in ways system leads expect.

School based nurseries 'far more likely' than PVI providers to receive an Ofsted ‘needs attention’ grade

An investigation by National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) suggests that far more schools with early years provision are receiving ‘needs attention’ grades, than private or voluntary settings.

Ofsted to include safer sleep in inspections – early years minister Olivia Bailey

Ofsted will now consider safe sleep practices as a routine part of inspection, alongside an update to safe sleep requirements in the early years curriculum from September.

Censured academy trusts continue to slide into the red

Almost half of ailing academy trusts censured by ministers after registering losses of up to several million pounds have continued their financial slide, a Schools Week investigation has found.

‘This one might have legs’: Inside Ofsted’s decision to inspect school that postponed MP visit

Ofsted boss Martyn Oliver ordered watchdog staff considering inspecting a school that postponed an MP’s visit to move “as quickly as you can” as “this one might have legs and we need to be in front of it”.

Why oblique approaches to school improvement work

What if the secret to raising outcomes in schools was not trying to raise outcomes. John Smith argues that what we need instead is an indirect and iterative approach to educating our children.