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Introduction of new SEND inspection framework means revisits clock has been reset
Officials have been asked to make the process more human and less bureaucratic
Watchdog issues warnings over uninspected schools, part-time timetables and its lack of powers over 'chaotic' and 'unsafe' illegal schools
Recruitment and retention of staff must be 'urgently addressed'
Philip Hollobone claimed the team sent to inspect Bishop Stopford School had a 'prearranged agenda'
MP fears lack of records will mean 'important patterns and opportunities to introduce improved safeguarding' being missed
But watchdog confident it can ramp up visits to meet pledge of inspecting every school by July 2025
Ofsted amends new framework after complaints its proposals would 'set the bar too high'
Ofsted's chief inspector also reveals scale of 'lost inspections' and 'uncomfortably high' ITT grades at education committee hearing
