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DfE funds £1m for Ofsted illegal schools taskforce

The government has committed a further £1 million to fund Ofsted’s team that investigates illegal schools, despite the watchdog...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Sir Michael Wilshaw joins board of Education Policy Institute

Sir Michael Wilshaw has become a trustee at Education Policy Institute (EPI) following his departure from Ofsted at the end...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

Ofsted inspections are unreliable by design

How can we know which schools are good if inspectors are inconsistent and biased and the data is wrong,...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

Long-awaited Ofsted report on double inspections to be published ‘before March’

A long-awaited Ofsted report on the “reliability” of inspections – tested through sending two inspectors to a school to...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Termly safeguarding audits would help heads ‘sleep at night’

A specialist body of safeguarding officers should be set up within or separately from Ofsted because inspections are “too...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Ofsted publishes ‘unapproved’ report placing Durand in special measures

The education watchdog Ofsted has apologised after publishing an unapproved inspection report into Durand Academy that placed the beleagured...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Government to rebroker Manchester free schools founded by charity boss

Two free schools in Greater Manchester will be re-brokered to new multi-academy trusts after one was placed into special...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Ofsted ignores more than 100 schools for a decade

More than 1,200 schools in England have not had a full Ofsted inspection in seven years, with more than...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Free school wants ‘rogue’ Ofsted grade quashed after 10-week ‘turnaround’

A free school that tried to gag Ofsted from publishing an “inadequate” inspection now wants the grade quashed after...

John Dickens
John Dickens