The article reports that the Independent Schools Inspectorate has made progress in improving the quality of its inspections and reports according to the annual evaluation "Independent School Council ...
In a statement today, the NEU said that Ofsted drives good teachers and school leaders unfairly from the profession and “destroys” the reputation of schools in deprived areas, which are “doing the best work in the most difficult circumstances”. The NEU was responding to a call made by th...
Ruth Perry's sister has joined forces with education leaders to demand a delay to proposed changes to Ofsted's inspections.The 53-year-old headteacher took her own life in January 2023 after her school - Caversham Primary in Reading, Berkshire - was downgraded from outstanding to inadequate b...
However, this is not how the inspections were experienced by the teachers. They were conscious of a deep and damaging value clash in the areas of knowledge, pedagogy, assessment and culture. Their lives, selves and work became colonized by the OFSTED process. At the more traumatic moments, ...
School leaders’ mental health is being “ravaged” by the pressures of Ofsted inspections and the “softening the edges” approach being taken by the new chief inspector will not solve the issue, a report is set to reveal. The annual report, looking at headteacher wellbeing and seen by ...
The inquiry recommends an "immediate pause to routine inspections" to allow time for trust to be regained by the teaching profession, but inspections would continue to feed back to the Department of Education on the impact of its policies. ...
Will the changes make Ofsted inspections less stressful and imposing on teachers? ‘We hope this new framework will make the whole process better for schools,’ says Ms Richardson. ‘We particularly welcome the move away from the culture of suspicion towards a greater trust and not taking so mu...
The Rabia Trust said that Ofsted inspectors had witnessed use of a screen over the course of a number of inspections in last fifteen months and failed to mention that it was a problem. “We feel extremely disheartened and insecure about the fact that the goalposts are not clear and keep cha...
These inspections often found “inconsistencies” in the way that local areas identified the needs of disabled children and young people and in the joint working between education, health and care partners. The quality of EHCPs was poor in many areas, and the plans “did not always reflect chi...
Adult social care inspections ahead Whitehall officials are drawing up a controversial adult social care inspections system after the passing of a new law. It comes after the Health and Care Act, which received Royal Assent in April, created a new duty for the Care Quality... P Dan - 《Mun...