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A series of changes to Ofsted inspections is due to be set out later today by the watchdog in its new draft inspection framework. The document is the first new rulebook for inspectors issued since 2015, and if approved, will form the basis of all inspections of schools and other institutions from this September. The […]

The chief inspector of schools has described Ofsted’s draft new inspection framework as the “very best of what is possible”, but admitted she had to compromise on some of her wishes. Asked during a press conference this morning about why proposals advocated by the watchdog, such as more regular inspections of ‘outstanding’ schools, had failed to […]

Ofsted has launched the consultation on its eagerly-anticipated new inspection framework, proposing longer inspections for ‘good’-rated schools and a plan to send inspectors in to schools earlier for “collaborative” preparation time with leaders. The draft new framework, which will be published online at 10.30am, will dictate how inspections of schools and other educational establishments are […]

Education unions have reacted with dismay to Ofsted’s new inspection regime, and demanded more action to tackle the negative impact of inspection. The draft document, published today, sets out a new “holistic” and curriculum-focused approach to rating the quality of education in schools, along with a number of administrative changes to the way inspections are […]

More than a third of academy trusts targeted by the government over CEO pay have chosen to review their policies or commit to future salary cuts for bosses. Jonathan Slater, the DfE’s permanent secretary, confirmed today that of 213 trusts that received letters asking for justification of their bosses’ pay, 131 have demonstrated “that their […]

Inspectors have praised a school which uses silent corridors and excludes a “relatively high” number of pupils, labelling its behaviour policies as “outstanding”. In a move likely to spark further division between supporters and critics of no-excuses behaviour policies, Ofsted has issued Magna Academy in Poole with a glowing report following an inspection in December. […]

A top government academies official has been appointed as the Department for Education’s new director of funding. Kate Josephs, currently director of national operations for academies and regional delivery at the DfE, will start in the new role at the Education and Skills Funding Agency in April. She will head up a new funding “centre […]

School budgets have been raided to the tune of tens of millions of pounds by cash-strapped councils scrambling to make up an education services grant funding black hole. Thirty-six local authorities have top-sliced more than £22.4 million from school budgets between them this year to make up for the loss of the education services grant, […]