Teacher training

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...

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

‘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

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

Ofsted boss promises report cards will be ‘sensible middle ground’ 

Ofsted's national director also signals move back to 'looking more at statutory outcomes'

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Movers and Shakers

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'

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
News

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?

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Teacher training

Government to review teacher development delivery

Sheffield Hallam University appointed to review and develop a 'theory of change'

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted, Teacher training

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

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Teacher training

‘Excessive’ 20 hours mentor training requirement scrapped

The government will also launch a new re-accreditation round for initial teacher training providers in spring

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

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’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey