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Ofsted seeks to make oversight of subcontractors more comprehensive and transparent

Ofsted seeks to make oversight of subcontractors more comprehensive and transparent

Wednesday, 16 September 2020

Ofsted has published new research looking at subcontractors in the further education and skills sector....

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School governors and trustees say they are prepared for COVID impact

School governors and trustees say they are prepared for COVID impact

Friday, 11 September 2020

Ofsted and the National Governance Association (NGA) publish a study that shows the business of school governance has continued throughout the COVID-1...

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Ofsted support for area SEND arrangements this autumn term

Ofsted support for area SEND arrangements this autumn term

Wednesday, 09 September 2020

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will start carrying out visits to local areas from October. ...

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Ofsted visits to schools and colleges to begin this month

Ofsted visits to schools and colleges to begin this month

Wednesday, 02 September 2020

Ofsted will be visiting schools and further education and skills providers this autumn term....

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Ofsted statement on new Ofqual board committee

Ofsted statement on new Ofqual board committee

Tuesday, 25 August 2020

Amanda Spielman will chair a new board committee at Ofqual until the end of 2020....

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Ofsted to visit local authorities and children’s social care providers

Ofsted to visit local authorities and children’s social care providers

Monday, 17 August 2020

Ofsted will begin visits to local authorities and children's social care providers from September 2020....

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Ofsted to visit nurseries and childminders this autumn

Ofsted to visit nurseries and childminders this autumn

Wednesday, 12 August 2020

Ofsted will start carrying out visits to some nurseries and childminders from September 2020. ...

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Half of all private and voluntary sector fostering placements offered by just 6 companies

Half of all private and voluntary sector fostering placements offered by just 6 companies

Thursday, 23 July 2020

Ofsted has published statistics on private and voluntary providers of children’s homes and independent fostering agencies (IFAs)....

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Changes to Ofsted’s post inspection processes and complaints handling

Changes to Ofsted’s post inspection processes and complaints handling

Thursday, 16 July 2020

Ofsted revises post-inspection processes and complaints handling to bring about greater consistency across its work. ...

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Inspection reports are popular with parents

Inspection reports are popular with parents

Tuesday, 14 July 2020

The latest YouGov survey, published on the same day as our annual report and accounts, found that Ofsted's inspection reports are well-received by par...

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Supporting local areas to prioritise and meet the needs of children and young people with SEND

Supporting local areas to prioritise and meet the needs of children and young people with SEND

Thursday, 09 July 2020

Ofsted and CQC will visit local areas to support strengthening special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) systems in the wake of the COVID-19 p...

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Ofsted replaces Ofsted Online website

Ofsted replaces Ofsted Online website

Wednesday, 08 July 2020

We have closed the Ofsted Online site today as replacement web pages are now fully operational. ...

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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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