News

Under-fire Ofsted plans research to assess impact of school funding cuts

Ofsted is planning to research the impact of funding cuts, as its chief inspector comes under fire for standing...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Ofsted attempts parental charm offensive

Ofsted wants to make its inspection reports more accessible to parents because they are its “most important education stakeholders”,...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Amanda Spielman’s Ofsted moves away from ‘male-dominated’ culture

Ofsted’s next inspection framework will promote a more “collaborative” approach to leadership, in a move away from the “male-dominated”...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Ofsted leadership approval soars under Spielman

A survey of civil servants working at the schools watchdog shows a surge in approval of Ofsted’s leadership and...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Hijabs are none of Ofsted’s business

Schools should be safe spaces – allowing outside authority figures to probe young girls’ choice of religious expression is...

Zubeda Limbada
Zubeda Limbada
News

Ofsted’s Spielman examines book scrutiny in inspections

Ofsted is considering a new approach to book scrutiny, in which off-site inspectors will look at scanned versions of...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Amanda Spielman is right: our schools are too risk averse

Risk-aversion in schools has gone too far, argues Andy Phippen. We need to empower our pupils to manage and...

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn
Opinion

New Ofsted chief sets out her battle plans

Amanda Spielman is starting to warm up in her role at Ofsted and it is exciting, if slightly alarming,...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Features

Amanda Spielman, chief inspector, Ofsted

When Amanda Spielman told a packed audience at the Festival of Education that she aspired to be like Bismarck,...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney