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Schools face new checks to ensure pupil premium spending ‘backed by evidence’

Schools will have to show their pupil premium spending is “backed by evidence” under new requirements announced by the...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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Ofsted plans ‘lighter-touch’ on-site inspections during summer term

Ofsted will undertake “lighter-touch” on-site inspections during the summer term before returning to full graded inspections next year, it...

James Carr
James Carr
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Ofsted announces return of area SEND inspections

Ofsted will begin revisiting areas where “significant concerns about SEND provision” have been identified from next month, ahead of...

James Carr
James Carr
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Fact check: Is Ofsted more likely to praise poorer schools’ leaders?

Amanda Spielman, the chief inspector, caused a stir last week after claiming that lower grades for schools in deprived...

James Carr
James Carr
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Ofsted pilot to look at whether framework ‘tweaks’ are needed ahead of full inspections

Ofsted will conduct “full” on-site inspections at about 25 schools over the next fortnight to assess whether its framework...

James Carr
James Carr
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Ofsted monitoring inspections find all schools taking ‘effective action’, but verdict ‘limited’

The first batch of letters published following new remote Ofsted monitoring inspections found that all schools were “taking effective...

James Carr
James Carr
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Spielman says deprived schools’ lower grades offset by leadership praise

Amanda Spielman has claimed Ofsted recognises the ‘relative strength’ of schools in poorer areas by rating their leadership more...

James Carr
James Carr
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Ofsted monitoring inspections paused for week of schools’ return

Ofsted will pause its remote monitoring inspections for the week beginning March 8 to allow schools to focus on...

James Carr
James Carr
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Safeguarding failures exposed at free school where staff had ‘too many responsibilities’

Vulnerable children were put at serious risk because stretched staff had “too many responsibilities” to carry out safeguarding duties,...

James Carr
James Carr