Ofsted

Ruth Perry: Family meet £50k target for inquest legal costs

Family launched crowdfunding campaign after being denied legal aid days before an inquest into headteacher's death

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

‘More transparent’ Ofsted complaints process gets go ahead

Internal reviews scrapped and new post-inspection calls allowed in changes to speed up process and increase transparency

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

Spielman claims head’s death used ‘to try and discredit’ Ofsted

Family of Ruth Perry describes chief inspector's comments as 'grossly insensitive'

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

Schools improving, SEND failings and AP ‘misuse’: 9 Ofsted annual report findings

Amanda Spielman has published her final report as chief inspector

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted ‘poorly understood’ and under-funded, says Spielman

Outgoing chief inspector laments 'a wave of publicly expressed discontent about issues that Ofsted alone cannot resolve'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Safeguarding grade fears ‘out of proportion’, says Ofsted director

Chris Russell also said Ofsted recognised schools 'could not be everything to everyone' post-Covid

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

Schools should conduct ‘self evaluation’, says Beyond Ofsted

An NEU-sponsored inquiry, set up to find a new inspectorate model, has also proposed that Ofsted has no direct...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

Think tank sets out blueprint for Labour’s Ofsted plans

IPPR, known to influence Labour policy, sets out proposals for three-tier improvement policy amid grade overhaul

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted
Amy Walker