Ditch grades, safeguarding audits: ASCL’s Ofsted inspection plan The school leaders’ union has set out wide-ranging proposals it says will help the watchdog win back the profession’s trust
Failed SEND councils could get four-year reprieve Introduction of new SEND inspection framework means revisits clock has been reset
Ofsted admits its complaints policy ‘isn’t working’ Officials have been asked to make the process more human and less bureaucratic
Ofsted annual report 2021-22: 11 things we learned Watchdog issues warnings over uninspected schools, part-time timetables and its lack of powers over ‘chaotic’ and ‘unsafe’ illegal schools
Ofsted: School workforce crisis ‘compounding’ catch-up problems Recruitment and retention of staff must be ‘urgently addressed’
MP: Ofsted sent ‘rogue hit squad’ to my child’s school Philip Hollobone claimed the team sent to inspect Bishop Stopford School had a ‘prearranged agenda’
Ofsted and DfE criticised over lack of data on child sexual abuse MP fears lack of records will mean ‘important patterns and opportunities to introduce improved safeguarding’ being missed
Holland Park parents and NEU lose legal bid to block school transfer Holland Park School’s failed High Court claim against the DfE paves the way for it to join United Learning
Ofsted already nearly 2,000 inspections behind school target But watchdog confident it can ramp up visits to meet pledge of inspecting every school by July 2025