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Ofsted to visit when schools and colleges return in the autumn

Ofsted to visit when schools and colleges return in the autumn

Sunday, 05 July 2020

Ofsted will start visiting schools and colleges after the summer holidays to see how they are getting back up to speed, after being closed to most pup...

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New teacher training inspections to focus on the ITE curriculum

New teacher training inspections to focus on the ITE curriculum

Wednesday, 24 June 2020

Ofsted publishes new framework and handbook bringing ITE inspections in line with the education inspection framework (EIF)....

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Ofsted to review students’ and apprentices’ online further education experience

Ofsted to review students’ and apprentices’ online further education experience

Tuesday, 02 June 2020

Ofsted is carrying out an exploratory review of the quality of learners’ experiences of online education in further education and skills settings duri...

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Ofsted seeks views on proposals to revise post inspection arrangements

Ofsted seeks views on proposals to revise post inspection arrangements

Monday, 30 March 2020

Ofsted seeks your views on proposals to revise post-inspection arrangements across all of our work. ...

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Independent primary school managers found guilty of running additional illegal school

Independent primary school managers found guilty of running additional illegal school

Friday, 27 March 2020

A pair responsible for managing an independent primary school have been convicted of running an additional unregistered school on the floor above....

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Ofsted suspends all routine inspections

Ofsted suspends all routine inspections

Tuesday, 17 March 2020

The Secretary of State has allowed Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector to temporarily suspend all routine inspections of schools, further education, early y...

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ASCL annual conference

ASCL annual conference

Saturday, 14 March 2020

Sean Harford, National Director, Education, spoke at the Association for School and College Leaders' conference....

Amanda Spielman at ResearchEd Birmingham 2020

Amanda Spielman at ResearchEd Birmingham 2020

Saturday, 07 March 2020

HM Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman speaks at the ResearchEd event. ...

Amanda Spielman at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2020

Amanda Spielman at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2020

Monday, 02 March 2020

HM Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman speaks at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference at the ICC in Birmingham....

Unseen evil: Sex abuse in families going under the radar, say inspectorates

Unseen evil: Sex abuse in families going under the radar, say inspectorates

Tuesday, 04 February 2020

Findings from our joint targeted area inspections of ‘the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment’ summarised in report ...

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Amanda Spielman speaking at the Royal Opera House

Amanda Spielman speaking at the Royal Opera House

Monday, 27 January 2020

Amanda Spielman spoke at the Headteachers’ Symposium on Creativity and Education about arts subjects in schools and initial teacher education....

Ofsted consults on changes to inspection framework for teacher training

Ofsted consults on changes to inspection framework for teacher training

Monday, 27 January 2020

Ofsted has today published a consultation on a new approach to inspecting initial teacher education (ITE). ...

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Amanda Spielman launches Ofsted's Annual Report 2018/19

Amanda Spielman launches Ofsted's Annual Report 2018/19

Tuesday, 21 January 2020

Ofsted's Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman discusses the quality of education, training and care services in England at the launch of Ofsted's Annual Re...

Chief Inspector warns against pursuing success without substance

Chief Inspector warns against pursuing success without substance

Tuesday, 21 January 2020

This year's annual report finds the overall quality of education and care in England is good and improving, but chief inspector warns against complace...

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Why we do research at Ofsted

Why we do research at Ofsted

Monday, 13 January 2020

Daniel Muijs (Ofsted’s Deputy Director, Research and Evaluation from 2019 to 2021) summarises our reasons for carrying out our own research at Ofsted....

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Effective mentoring and a well paced curriculum are key to high quality initial teacher education

Effective mentoring and a well paced curriculum are key to high quality initial teacher education

Friday, 10 January 2020

Research into initial teacher education (ITE) curriculum reveals effective mentoring and prioritising the needs of a trainee are two key indicators of...

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Raising expectations of children and parents, high standards for teachers and tackling bad behaviour: how schools in ‘left behind’ areas can improve

Raising expectations of children and parents, high standards for teachers and tackling bad behaviour: how schools in ‘left behind’ areas can improve

Wednesday, 08 January 2020

415 schools in England are ‘stuck’ in a cycle of low performance and need better and more tailored support to improve, a new Ofsted report has found. ...

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Research into further education subcontracting launched

Research into further education subcontracting launched

Tuesday, 05 November 2019

Ofsted is launching a new research project to look at the subcontracting landscape within further education (FE)....

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Ofsted launches point in time surveys

Ofsted launches point in time surveys

Friday, 01 November 2019

Ofsted has sent surveys to social care providers to find out about the experiences of the children, parents, staff and professionals involved. ...

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Home education: a choice or last resort?

Home education: a choice or last resort?

Monday, 14 October 2019

Home education is often being chosen by parents of children with complex needs as a last resort....

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Three convicted of running an illegal school

Three convicted of running an illegal school

Wednesday, 02 October 2019

Local authorities were misled into paying thousands of pounds of public money for children to be educated in an unsafe unregistered school, following ...

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Two convicted of running illegal school in London

Two convicted of running illegal school in London

Friday, 13 September 2019

A headteacher and her father have been found guilty of running an unregistered school in south London, in only the second prosecution of its kind. ...

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What’s changing at Ofsted in autumn 2019?

What’s changing at Ofsted in autumn 2019?

Monday, 02 September 2019

You may notice some changes to some of the Ofsted services and GOV.UK pages. Here’s a round-up of these changes. ...

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Ofsted is changing how it inspects schools

Ofsted is changing how it inspects schools

Tuesday, 20 August 2019

Ofsted introduces its new education inspection framework (EIF). ...

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New Ofsted board members

New Ofsted board members

Tuesday, 23 July 2019

The Department for Education has announced 5 new appointments and 2 re-appointments to the Ofsted board....

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Teachers feel unsupported on classroom behaviour

Teachers feel unsupported on classroom behaviour

Sunday, 21 July 2019

Ofsted has published research that shows the well-being of most teachers is generally low or moderate. ...

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Joint inspections focusing on children’s mental health

Joint inspections focusing on children’s mental health

Wednesday, 17 July 2019

Ofsted has published guidance for inspectors for new series of joint inspections focusing on children’s mental health. ...

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Ofsted: Let us inspect multi academy trusts (MATs)

Ofsted: Let us inspect multi academy trusts (MATs)

Monday, 15 July 2019

Today’s report recommends that Ofsted be empowered to inspect trusts in order to strengthen their accountability. ...

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Amanda Spielman speaking at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Amanda Spielman speaking at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Wednesday, 10 July 2019

Amanda Spielman spoke at the innovate conference about design and technology in schools and colleges. ...

Amanda Spielman at Stonewall

Amanda Spielman at Stonewall

Friday, 05 July 2019

Amanda Spielman spoke about some of the issues in the teaching of relationships education and how we approach all kinds of equality issues....

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