Ofsted

School improvement role for Ofsted risks ‘mission creep’, MPs warned

Labour wants watchdog to be improver and inspector, but academy sector leader warns it's 'tricky territory'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Labour: Ofsted reform a priority, but we’ll work with sector to get it right

Shadow schools minister insists reform will not be 'done to' schools and the inspectorate, but 'jointly created'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted boss: ‘Grumpier’ post-Covid world driving parent complaint hike

Amanda Spielman warns parents now 'spray' complaints at multiple agencies at once

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted switches back to exam results ‘as a starting point’

2022-23 results data will be used to inform inspection in the 'normal way'

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

Chris Russell to retire as Ofsted’s national director for education

Senior official will leave at the same time as chief inspector Amanda Spielman in December

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Sponsor seeks answers to academy Ofsted bullying allegations

Ofsted had 'credible evidence' of staff being suspended after speaking to inspectors at All Saints Academy Dunstable

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
SEND

Three more councils slammed over ‘systematic SEND failings’

Oxfordshire, Oldham and Plymouth received the lowest rating in inspections of their SEND services this summer

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Incoming Ofsted chief ‘misled’ MPs over trust exclusion claims

Outwood Grange’s secondaries excluded twice as many pupils as other schools in some of their regions

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Ofsted

Ofsted: 7 key findings from its music subject report

Inequalities in music education that Ofsted first highlighted over a decade ago persist, its latest subject report says

Amy Walker
Amy Walker