Ofsted

Ofsted report cards: the 8 big changes you need to know 

Renamed headline grades, fewer inspection areas and bigger teams planned

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RISE teams

New school accountability regime: attainment checks and profiles

Government has confirmed new school profiles will be trialled this year, with RISE teams to oversee 'informal' attainment checks

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Ofsted plans more ‘shadow’ inspections to test grade consistency

Watchdog to ramp up quality assurance visits when inspections restart amid concerns over grade validity and reliability

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Secure schools

Young offenders to be pulled out of country’s first secure school

Charity running the school says youngsters will be moved to other facilities until faulty doors fiasco resolved

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Inspectors criticise Ofsted’s ‘ridiculous’ training regime

'It just creates the sense that everything is rushed'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted inspectors to get four days of online training ahead of new framework

'Underpinning skills programme' comes on top of planned in-person and live online training, and inspectors also expected to spend...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Missed inspection targets and 5 more findings from Ofsted’s annual report

Ofsted's staff are also less happy this year, and turnover rates remain above civil service targets, a new report...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted to introduce report cards on reduced inspection timetable

Inspections led by 'most senior' HMIs only when framework launches, and no school visits in last week before Christmas

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted plans school webinars in response to reform timeline unrest

'I know there are some concerns about the timeline for these changes,' says chief inspector

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker