Politics

Malthouse pledges ‘constant pressure’ to boost school standards

Education secretary promises to be 'much more assertive about intervention and standards'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Leaders urge Ofsted to share inspection training guides

Ofsted under pressure to publish 'aide memoires' that summarise inspection criteria for each subject after several were leaked

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

School budget cuts follow national insurance change

Treasury confirms it will claw back compensation for public sector bodies in future years

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted staff now on His Majesty’s service

Amanda Spielman's title has changed following Queen Elizabeth II's death

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted ditches Covid disruption deferral policy

The inspectorate has ditched its pandemic guidance, in a move dubbed 'premature' amid fears of resurgent Covid absences

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Tom Belger
Ofsted

Former Conservative party adviser appointed in Ofsted board shake-up

Jon Yates one of six new appointments alongside former Tory councillor candidate and Jewish schools group chief

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Tutoring

Another tutoring review delayed as Ofsted blames ‘capacity issues’

Watchdog's probe into tutoring was supposed to be published in the summer term, but is the second study to...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

Oasis school where half of pupils don’t turn up rated ‘inadequate’

Trust said disengagement after pandemic and financial hardship behind absence rates amid government attendance crackdown

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Seven things we learned from Ofsted’s latest education recovery research

The watchdog found learning loss during Covid lockdowns made it more difficult to identify pupils with SEND

Amy Walker
Amy Walker