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

Friday

19th Mar 2021

Exclusive: Less than 10 parent-triggered Ofsted probes
Tiny fraction of remote learning complaints led to Ofsted visits after promise watchdog would enforce DfE expectations
Full SEND area Ofsted inspections to return from June
Watchdog will start revisiting areas where its last inspections sparked ‘significant concerns’ about SEND from April

Wednesday

17th Mar 2021

GCSEs 2021: 7 Ofqual proposals for autumn exams
Exams thrown open to ‘all’, no marks for coursework and five other suggestions in Ofqual’s consultation out today
No return to normal Ofsted inspections until autumn
Amanda Spielman tells ASCL conference talks with government are still ongoing about what Ofsted will be doing next term

Tuesday

16th Mar 2021

Exclusive: Scary Ofsted ‘needs a different culture’
New children’s tsar says she was scared by Ofsted as a headteacher and that there needs to be ‘a different way of thinking’ about the inspectorate

Thursday

11th Mar 2021

Exclusive: Ofsted chief Spielman wants more time in job
ÌÇÐÄVlog understands head of Ofsted is likely to seek extension to her five-year term to give her reforms time to bed in

Wednesday

10th Mar 2021

Spielman: Don’t ‘skid across everything’ to catch up
Ofsted chief inspector says schools face ‘tough choices’ on lost-learning teaching post Covid

Tuesday

2nd Mar 2021

Question mark over Ofsted return next term ‘and beyond’
Guidance saying full graded school inspections would resume in summer term has been removed

Wednesday

24th Feb 2021

Ofsted ‘pauses’ remote inspections for school return
No Ofsted inspections in the week commencing 8 March as schools and colleges focus on reopening to all pupils

Friday

19th Feb 2021

Exclusive: 91% of teachers oppose Ofsted comeback plan
Nine in 10 against Ofsted resuming full school inspections in summer term and a third say it should ‘never’ return

Monday

25th Jan 2021

Ofsted: Remote learning ‘threat’ to teacher wellbeing
The watchdog says increasing workload during the pandemic is an ongoing challenge for schools

Thursday

21st Jan 2021

Teaching excellence in HE to be assessed every 4 years
A new approach to the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework is proposed in independent review