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Given that academy trusts are responsible for school improvement, it is right that they are held accountable for the systems and cultures they create, says this MAT chief executive

The government’s amendment to its Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill provides a detailed overview of the plans for trust-level inspections. Ellen Peirson-Hagger looks at what you need to know

The Confederation of School Trusts’ Steve Rollett questions the overarching strategy behind Labour’s plans for inspecting academy trusts

Inspections of academy trusts could be launched in 2027-28 as Labour legislates for a major new role for Ofsted

Writing exclusively for ÌÇÐÄVlog, the education secretary sets out the government’s rationale for bringing trusts into Ofsted’s inspection remit

But Sir Martyn Oliver stops short of agreeing that inspectors should fail a school on safeguarding if students are seen with phones, in letter seen by ÌÇÐÄVlog

The watchdog will temporarily use Microsoft Word documents to gather inspection evidence as electronic system continues to malfunction

Inspectorate and government warned they need to mitigate against risk that the move to new inspection framework will ‘inadvertently’ look like a decline in standards

Too many students with SEND are leaving the school system because of ‘missed opportunities’ to identify their needs early on, says watchdog’s report

A trust CEO outlines how his leaders will be held against new Ofsted outcomes – but also why labels are only information, not permanent judgements

Sir Martyn Oliver hopes the watchdog’s new inspection framework will result in a ‘system-wide behaviour shift on inclusion’

ÌÇÐÄVlog analysis highlights the main findings in SEND inspection reports for the areas found to have systemic or widespread failings this year