Ofsted

Fury as Ofsted digs in on ‘low expectations’ barb

Oliver told the ASCL conference on Friday he would 'never acquiesce to the quiet curse of low expectations'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Complaints to Ofsted rise as parents urged to approach schools first

Complaints to watchdog rise by 5 per cent as watchdog says some parents are bypassing internal processes

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted piloting recruiting inspectors en-masse from school groups

Trial will see leaders recruited in groups from trusts and other school networks to make inspection 'more collaborative'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted chief criticised over inspection framework comparison

Martyn Oliver to claim pattern of gradings in new inspections shows watchdog is 'raising standards'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

School staff need better training to support children in care – Ofsted

Watchdog also warns that issues with the systems of support for young people create 'barriers to progress'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

New Ofsted policy sees 1 in 12 inspections deferred or paused

Of the 786 settings that requested a deferral, 79 per cent (621) were accepted, while all 37 requests for...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Does Ofsted’s approach to achievement data add up?

'How on earth can you use a national average against a population that’s clearly in no way average?'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted requests schools publish QR code with report card content

Watchdog wants parents to get links to full reports to avoid 'cherry picking' only positive grades

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted reviews data shown in special school report cards

New reports currently compare metrics like capacity of special schools to other schools in their phase, not other specialist...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth