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Friday, 24 January 2014
Ofsted calls for local authorities, local safeguarding children boards and DfE to work together to better understand private fostering....
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Ofsted seeks views on how childminder agencies should be inspected....
Thursday, 16 January 2014
The inspection was carried out because of concerns about low outcomes for young people in the borough....
Monday, 06 January 2014
Ofsted has published the outcome letter of its inspection of Wakefield council’s support for school improvement and finds it ineffective....
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Plans to ensure that ‘good’ is the only acceptable standard of education provided by non-association independent schools unveiled by Ofsted....
Monday, 16 December 2013
Proposals for new framework to improve standards in children’s homes and drive up quality for the country’s most vulnerable children....
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Major barriers continue to prevent England’s education system from competing with the best in the world...
Monday, 09 December 2013
New framework and evaluation schedule for inspecting services for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service....
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Following focused inspections of 17 Northumberland schools in October 2013, Ofsted has written to Northumberland council with its findings....
Friday, 22 November 2013
School leaders and teachers must maintain pupils’ curiosity in science if Britain plc is to compete in the global race....
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Too many children are not getting the education they are entitled to, according to an Ofsted report....
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Too many children are either missing out on full-time education or not getting the part-time education they are entitled to....
Friday, 15 November 2013
New 'music hubs' approach not successful enough in improving music education for all children in schools, according to Ofsted report....
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
From 13 November 2013, local authorities may enter into contracts to delegate certain statutory functions to private and voluntary social work provide...
Friday, 08 November 2013
Regulation of providers of social work services and the inspection of the statutory functions delegated to them by local authorities....
Thursday, 07 November 2013
Following focused inspections of 33 Suffolk schools in September 2013, Ofsted has written to Suffolk County Council with its findings....
Thursday, 07 November 2013
New framework for child protection; services for looked after children and care leavers; and local authority fostering and adoption services....
Monday, 04 November 2013
Tougher early years inspection framework, in which only provision that is good or outstanding is good enough for young children....
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Inspections in Northumberland to find out why attainment for children who are eligible for free school meals (FSM) is below other areas....
Monday, 14 October 2013
Strong and stable leadership needed to bring about sustained improvement in help, care and protection of vulnerable young people....
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Today, Ofsted is at Wormwood Scrubs prison for its Further Education and Skills Annual Lecture. ...
Wednesday, 09 October 2013
Matthew Coffey highlighted the state of prison education in the Ofsted further education and skills annual lecture 2013....
Wednesday, 09 October 2013
Schools and the government have failed to focus effectively on religious education, Ofsted has said....
Sunday, 06 October 2013
Schools and the government have failed to focus effectively on religious education, Ofsted said today....
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
One inspection for child protection, services for looked after children and care leavers, and local authority fostering and adoption....
Thursday, 19 September 2013
A report published by Ofsted finds that the arrangements for careers guidance in schools are not working well enough....
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Following inspections of 10 schools in Medway in June 2013, Ofsted has written to Medway Council to advise it of the findings....
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Coordinated inspections in Suffolk to find out why the local authority has a disproportionate number of under-performing schools....
Sunday, 08 September 2013
The Chief Inspector of Ofsted today hailed the 'unprecedented rate of national improvement' in school performance across England....
Thursday, 05 September 2013
Following the inspections of 15 schools in Bristol in June 2013, Ofsted has written to Bristol City Council to advise it of the findings....
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Litter louts face losing their driving licences
Environment Agency Second arrest made as Liverpool waste investigation continues
Attorney General's Office ‘Rule of Law: Powering Business Success, Investment and Innovation’
Home Office Undercover cops boosted across 9 more forces
Environment Agency South West Water pleads guilty to six years of pollutions
Department for Education Education Secretary speech at ASCL Conference