Teacher training inspections won’t return until January 2026 ITT Ofsted inspections are set to be postponed this year, Schools Week understands, as new reforms introduced in September bed in
‘Ofsted Numberwang’: Backlash over leaked report card plans Schools could be judged on a sliding, five-point scale from ‘exemplary’ to ‘causing concerns’ across 10 evaluation areas
Ofsted boss promises report cards will be ‘sensible middle ground’ Ofsted’s national director also signals move back to ‘looking more at statutory outcomes’
OCR boss Jill Duffy to step down after seven years at the helm Duffy will take on ‘new non-executive positions’ as she ‘steps back from full-time executive leadership’
Are school teachers really ‘enslaved’? Here’s what the data says Labour’s school tsar has warned of a ‘shadow compliance culture’. But what do things look like on the ground?
Government to review teacher development delivery Sheffield Hallam University appointed to review and develop a ‘theory of change’
Ofsted in talks with DfE about delaying ITT inspections Providers due to be inspected from January are still waiting for guidance over how new reforms will be judged
‘Excessive’ 20 hours mentor training requirement scrapped The government will also launch a new re-accreditation round for initial teacher training providers in spring
MAT CEOs ‘making inspections more adversarial’, Ofsted boss says Ofsted chief makes plea to sector to stop inspections ‘running hot and bring the temperature down’