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29 Nov 19
Boris Johnson has promised to overhaul Ofsted and bring in longer, unannounced inspections supported by a £10m funding package.
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13 Nov 19
Our education system is failing pupils on an unprecedented scale as teaching to the test turns education into a ‘slow-motion car crash for our young people’, writes the National Education Union’...
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24 Sep 19
The abolishment of Ofsted under a Labour government must see it replaced with an independent body that can still hold schools to account, former Liberal Democrat MP and chair of the Education Policy...
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11 Jun 19
The growing number of children being taught at home may be the result of schools ‘off-rolling’ to boost their position in Ofsted league tables, says Children’s Commissioner for England Anne...
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10 May 19
Teachers want to see more support for parents to help them resist “off-rolling”, according to Ofsted research.
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12 Oct 18
School inspections will relax the emphasis on grades and focus instead on the wider ‘quality of education’, according to Ofsted head Amanda Spielman.
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7 Sep 18
Budget cuts have “eroded” the quality of inspections by the government’s schools watchdog, say MPs.
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13 Dec 17
A hard-core of some 130 ‘intractable’ schools has stubbornly failed to improve since 2005 despite repeated efforts, the chief inspector of schools has said.
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1 Dec 16
England’s education system has made some “remarkable” progress over the past few years, but remains plagued by a growing north-south divide and a skills gaps that threatens economic competitiveness,...
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28 Nov 16
Abandoning routine independent school inspections would jeopardise standards and undo progress, the outgoing head of Ofsted has warned in his farewell speech.
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29 Jun 16
Sir Michael Wilshaw gas renewed his warning of a regional divide in England’s education system in light of official statistics published by schools watchdog Ofsted on Wednesday.
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29 Jun 16
Weak leadership in England’s child services is letting down the most vulnerable children in society, according to an Ofsted report.
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23 Jun 16
Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has said greater autonomy for schools should be matched with strong intervention in cases of failure, to ensure they don’t “wither on the vine”.
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13 Jun 16
The government’s nomination of Amanda Spielman to serve as the next chief inspector of schools has incurred the wrath of teaching unions due to her lack of teaching experience.
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7 Jun 16
School standards in the East Midlands are the lowest in England across a range of indicators and local politicians must tackle the culture of low expectations, chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has...
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16 May 16
Far more children are attending unregistered schools across England than previously thought, chief inspector of schools Sir Michael Wilshaw has warned.
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29 Mar 16
Ofsted has singled out the west London tri-borough for its excellent children’s services.
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9 Mar 16
The Local Government Association and Solace have slammed Ofsted for locking councils into inadequate ratings for their children’s services, and said proposed changes don’t go far enough...
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1 Mar 16
Ofsted is to take inspections of early year services in-house from April 2017 in order to better coordinate oversight of the sector.
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23 Feb 16
Poor secondary school performance is setting the Northern Powerhouse up to “splutter and die”, Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw warned in a speech today.
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9 Feb 16
Education watchdog Ofsted has called for urgent improvements to secondary schools run by the E-ACT chain of academy after a review concluded standards at the trust were not good enough.
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9 Feb 16
Schools are still not doing enough to ensure the quality and safety of outside providers educating their pupils, Ofsted has found.
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1 Dec 15
Ofsted’s annual report has revealed that underperforming secondary schools in England are concentrated in the North and Midlands, where over 400,000 children attend a secondary school rated as...
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19 Nov 15
Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has said “amateurish” governance in schools must be improved, highlighting concerns about arrangements in nearly 500 schools in the last academic year.
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22 Oct 15
The quality of apprenticeships is suffering amid the government’s drive to increase their numbers and some courses may be a waste of public funds, an Ofsted report has concluded today.
29 Nov 19Boris Johnson has promised to overhaul Ofsted and bring in longer, unannounced inspections supported by a £10m funding package.
13 Nov 19Our education system is failing pupils on an unprecedented scale as teaching to the test turns education into a ‘slow-motion car crash for our young people’, writes the National Education Union’...
24 Sep 19The abolishment of Ofsted under a Labour government must see it replaced with an independent body that can still hold schools to account, former Liberal Democrat MP and chair of the Education Policy...
11 Jun 19The growing number of children being taught at home may be the result of schools ‘off-rolling’ to boost their position in Ofsted league tables, says Children’s Commissioner for England Anne...
10 May 19Teachers want to see more support for parents to help them resist “off-rolling”, according to Ofsted research.
12 Oct 18School inspections will relax the emphasis on grades and focus instead on the wider ‘quality of education’, according to Ofsted head Amanda Spielman.
1 Dec 16England’s education system has made some “remarkable” progress over the past few years, but remains plagued by a growing north-south divide and a skills gaps that threatens economic competitiveness,...
29 Jun 16Sir Michael Wilshaw gas renewed his warning of a regional divide in England’s education system in light of official statistics published by schools watchdog Ofsted on Wednesday.
29 Jun 16Weak leadership in England’s child services is letting down the most vulnerable children in society, according to an Ofsted report.
13 Jun 16The government’s nomination of Amanda Spielman to serve as the next chief inspector of schools has incurred the wrath of teaching unions due to her lack of teaching experience.
1 Mar 16Ofsted is to take inspections of early year services in-house from April 2017 in order to better coordinate oversight of the sector.
9 Feb 16Schools are still not doing enough to ensure the quality and safety of outside providers educating their pupils, Ofsted has found.
19 Nov 15Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has said “amateurish” governance in schools must be improved, highlighting concerns about arrangements in nearly 500 schools in the last academic year.
