Inspection
The latest news, analysis and opinion on inspections at schools in the UK and overseas, from updates to inspection frameworks and guidance on how to prepare
Thursday
10th Jun 2021
Ofsted sex abuse probe ineffective, say 1 in 5 teachers
School staff said they fear the review is another way to shift the blame on to schools
Assume sexual harassment is in your school, heads told
Nearly 9 in 10 girls say they or their peers are sent unwanted explicit imagery they did not want to see聽鈥榓 lot鈥� or 鈥榮ometimes鈥�
Sex harassment: School inspections 鈥榥ot robust enough鈥�
Independent Schools Inspectorate聽to share data on schools failing standards with the DfE from September
Monday
7th Jun 2021
Ofsted: 9 barriers facing languages teaching
Low expectations and a lack of CPD are among the issues affecting the take-up of modern languages, says Ofsted
Keep Year 11s in school? They need to run free
Ofsted thinks GCSE students should remain in school 鈥� but Tabitha McIntosh says they desperately need a long summer
Thursday
27th May 2021
Watchdog raps UK鈥檚 Pisa data reports over transparency
Statistics regulator rules Pisa reports 鈥渘ot sufficiently transparent about the limitations of the data and potential sources of bias鈥�
Amanda Spielman stays as Ofsted chief for 2 more years
Chief inspector will continue at Ofsted until the end of 2023 to oversee bedding in of new inspections
Friday
21st May 2021
Revealed: What teachers think of Ofsted inspections
Watchdog outlines the views of the first wave of schools to be assessed by its curriculum focussed inspection framework
Schools to be inspected on 2019 exams data, says Ofsted
Inspectors will look at 2019 assessments in future 鈥� but Ofsted admits this approach is not ideal