Teacher training

Six more ITT providers downgraded under new Ofsted framework

10 out of 22 inspected providers are now below 'good'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Illegal schools

Public urged to report illegal schools as pupils taught in ‘squalid’ settings

Ofsted warns parents and councils are paying thousands for 'woeful' education in 'squalid' conditions at unregistered schools

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Ofsted

Ofsted questions arts ‘carousel’ at KS3

Watchdog official says teaching music only in part of the year could affect pupils 'aural memory'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

‘Outstanding’ schools not inspected for 15 years downgraded in first Ofsted reports

Those downgraded have not been inspected for a combined 235 years

James Carr
James Carr
Covid

How schools delivered food parcels and curriculum during lockdown

A new report highlights the creative ways schools partnered to learn from each other and continue to develop during...

JL Dutaut
KATE CHHATWAL
Ofsted

Downgraded ‘outstanding’ schools may have actually improved, says Ofsted director

Leaders have warned the issue makes the transition to universal inspections 'problematic'

James Carr
James Carr
Ofsted

Spielman: 1 in 10 ‘outstanding’ schools ‘more realistic’

The Ofsted chief inspector said any downgrades in new inspections are 'win win for everybody'

James Carr
James Carr
Ofsted

ASCL demands Ofsted let Covid-hit schools defer inspections

School leaders' union ASCL has written to Ofsted asking for a change in policy

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted hopeful expansion still on cards despite budget omission

But PM pledge for three-day inspections not part of upcoming announcements

James Carr
James Carr