Every day, Ofsted inspectors review children’s services and education facilities across the country. And each week, the watchdog shares a list of the results of those inspections - including those in ...

Reforms to local authority inspections of children’s services (ILACS) will include the removal of the single-word overall effectiveness rating from April 2026, the inspectorate Ofsted has confirmed.

Ofsted has launched its new school report card system, marking one of the regulator's most significant reforms in decades. The changes come after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry, whose family said ...

The National Association of Head Teachers began legal action against Ofsted in May this year over the new inspection framework. A head teachers’ union has lost a bid to bring a High Court legal ...

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The Big Read, organised by Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT), took place across its schools. The event was inspired by the Trust’s student wellbeing ambassadors, who highlighted reading as a ...

The new system of grading is set to be introduced by Ofsted in November Almost two thirds of headteachers say the new Ofsted school inspections will be worse for their wellbeing than the old system, a ...

Almost two thirds of headteachers say the new Ofsted school inspections will be worse for their wellbeing than the old system, a poll has found. Pepe Di'Iasio, general secretary of the Association of ...

A Cambridgeshire school has been rated as requiring improvement by Ofsted, after previously being rated good. The Waldorf Cambridge School in Hinton Road, Fulbourn underwent a two-day inspection ...

One of Sheffield’s largest secondary schools has slipped in its latest Ofsted report - but not for the reasons parents criticised it for six months ago. Lift Firth Park, formerly known as Firth Park ...

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