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A MAT leader who successfully appealed against an Ofsted inspection judgement shares advice for other school leaders considering making a complaint

This week’s essential education news includes Ofsted scrapping deep dives in ungraded inspections and fears about the impact of high absence among GCSE students

Findings might mean inspectors are not able to ‘stomach’ giving the lowest grade twice in a row, say researchers

Chief inspector says move will mean over 3,000 inspections will now not involve subject deep dives, the majority of which will be at primary schools

In an exclusive interview with ÌÇÐÄVlog, Ofsted’s national director of education says that looking at the best way to grade schools’ performance is ‘the right debate to have’

Chief inspector says he is ‘really concerned’ about ‘schools that no one wants’

Former senior inspectors launch their own consultation on Ofsted, amid concerns that the watchdog is failing to ask important questions

The ‘fundamental review’ of inspection revealed by ÌÇÐÄVlog Scotland should move away from simplistic and misleading assumptions about school performance, says Greg Dempster

With Scotland’s school inspection system to be reviewed, Emma Seith speaks exclusively to interim chief inspector Janie McManus – in her first detailed interview – to find out whether big changes are ahead

Watchdog calls on government to urgently update RE teaching guidance and warns ‘significant’ number of schools are not meeting statutory duty

After experiencing a school inspection recently, teacher Alan Gillespie shares his list of do’s and don’ts for anyone preparing for an inspector to call

Dame Christine Gilbert, a former chief inspector, will start the independent review this month