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Ofsted to put more emphasis on preparation of pupils for employment

Schools will be more heavily judged on how they prepare pupils for the world of work after Ofsted warned...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted praises council with worst results for ‘resolute’ turnaround

Ofsted has praised the “hard work” of a council for driving school improvement just one year after it received...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted will give 5 days’ notice of SEND inspections

Schools involved in new inspections designed to uncover whether local special educational needs are being met will be given...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted ordered to amend report claiming gender segregation broke law

A school has lost its High Court challenge to overturn an Ofsted report placing it in “special measures”, although...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Ofsted offers up extra cash to entice inspectors to lead school visits

Ofsted will offer cash incentives to lure less experienced inspectors into leading more school visits under a new action...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ofsted quietly ditches good practice case studies

Ofsted has abandoned its policy of publishing good practice to help to dispel myths that it insists on “prescribed...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Features

Jarlath O’Brien, headteacher, Carwarden House community school

Ofsted is not something Jarlath O’Brien talks about to his staff, he tells me, as we sip tea in...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter

The Art of Standing Out: School transformation, to greatness and beyond

The title of this book made me think that it was going to be about Ofsted. Overall, it’s not....

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Schools face action over ‘bogus’ Ofsted logos

Hundreds of schools have been alerted to possible legal action by Ofsted after an obscure policy about unauthorised use...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden