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Ofsted has told MPs that calls for inspection reform need to be considered alongside the watchdog’s budget constraints

Schools and inspectors should show ‘professionalism, courtesy, empathy and respect’, says Ofsted chief in response to education secretary’s comments

Watchdog could withhold ‘inadequate’ inspection judgement on schools that are only failing on safeguarding

Watchdog says teaching of reading has improved but curricula for spoken and written language are less effective

Confederation of School Trusts urges government to review school league tables and consult on replacing inspection grades

Watchdog’s ‘softening the edges’ approach will not be enough to tackle the scale of the problem, warns Headrest UK

Sir Martyn Oliver should use the calls for Ofsted reform to reassert the fact the inspectorate reports directly to Parliament, not the DfE, says Geraint Jones

Ofsted inspectors have to undergo new training on understanding small schools before being able to inspect settings with 150 or fewer pupils

This week’s essential education news includes the NEU’s plan to win support for teacher strike action and a major change to training and early career frameworks

​​​​​​​Attendance, implementation of the new curriculum, teacher recruitment and progress in literacy and numeracy all causing concern in Welsh chief inspector’s annual report

Cross-bench MPs’ committee is calling on the watchdog to ‘rebuild trust’ and ‘make major changes to school inspections’

Commons Education Select Committee chair Robin Walker explains why evidence from its hearings into Ofsted made it clear that inspections have to evolve