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Emails reveal Ofsted permitted use of its logo by private company

Ofsted did give permission to a private firm that sells curriculum packages to schools for thousands of pounds to...

James Carr
James Carr
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‘Requires improvement’ schools less likely to improve under new framework

Schools rated ‘requires improvement’ are less likely to improve under Ofsted’s new inspection framework, new data shows. The watchdog...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Ofsted pauses publication of inspection reports

Ofsted has paused the publication of all inspection reports during the coronavirus crisis and promised that it will have...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Governors: New Ofsted inspections ‘rushed’ and reports ‘patronising’

Ofsted’s new framework is diminishing the role of governance in schools, patronising staff and leading to rushed inspections, a...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Coronavirus: Oldham sixth form college gets impending Ofsted deferred

Oldham Sixth Form College has become the first education provider to successfully defer an Ofsted inspection due to the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Coronavirus: Spielman to preside over inspection deferral decisions

The chief inspector of schools will personally sign off any decision not to defer Ofsted inspections of schools affected...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted amends report of Harris school at centre of framework row after admitting inspection error

Ofsted has amended the report of a school run by one of its most high-profile critics after inspectors wrongly...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Nearly nine in ten ‘satisfied’ with Ofsted’s new inspections

Nearly nine in ten respondents to a post-inspection survey since September are satisfied with their inspection, according to new...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Trust issued warning after key stage 3 pupils not taught MFL

An academy trust could have funding axed for one of its schools after Ofsted found some pupils in year...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter