Ofsted

Ex-inspectors launch ‘alternative big consultation’ on Ofsted report cards

Former senior officials behind the 'alternative big listen' last year fear proposals come with a 'take it or leave...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted should measure schools on time pupils get to play – report

Study suggests children are spending less time playing both at school and outside education

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Academies

Strikes threat over trust’s plan to extend school day past 2.30pm

Outwood Grange's proposal would bring teaching hours in line with national guidelines - but a union has threatened strike...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

Coroner concern over school swimming lessons after boy’s death

Coroner warns some primaries are not providing swimming lessons despite it being curriculum requirement

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Behaviour improving says Ofsted, but teachers beg to differ 

Number of schools being marked down on behaviour by Ofsted has plunged by more than half since Covid

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Movers and Shakers

Teach First announces James Toop as new CEO

Current Teach First chief executive Russell Hobby is stepping down this summer following seven years at the helm of...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
SEND

Absent and excluded kids ‘should be assessed for SEND’

EPI report sets out 7 policy recommendations to tackle special needs 'postcode lottery'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Leaders give new Ofsted inspection toolkits the red card

'The draft grade descriptors look as though they have been cobbled together with insufficient consideration of how they will...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted’s 11 grades will make judgments less reliable – experts

The inspectorate plans to use a five-point grading system to judge schools in nine key areas, plus early years...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks