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

7th Apr 2023

Heads ‘in dark’ as 32.5-hour school week deadline looms
Schools will struggle to implement policy after eight-month delay to guidance, DfE warned
Clocks
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Thursday

6th Apr 2023

Teacher strikes: ‘Pay fight might not be won this year’
Outgoing NEU joint general secretaries warn Gillian Keegan to ‘do her job’ as they admit dispute might not be won on their watch
Kevin Courtney and Dr Mary Bousted

Wednesday

5th Apr 2023

Ofsted crisis: Call on heads to quit inspection
NEU members back action to put pressure on Ofsted following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry
Ofsted crisis: Call for school leaders not to carry out inspection

Friday

31st Mar 2023

Ofsted crisis: Heads union set to launch legal action
NAHT calls for inspections to be suspended over staff mental health risks as it announces plans for judicial review
Heads union set to launch legal action

Tuesday

28th Mar 2023

Concern over inspections of special schools, MPs told
Special schools not always getting specialist Ofsted inspectors, cross-party Education Committee is told
Concern over Ofsted inspections of special schools, MPs told

Friday

24th Mar 2023

Ofsted crisis: What happens next?
School inspection grades were already being questioned before this week’s outcry following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry
Ofsted crisis: What happens next?
Spielman: Inspection pause not ‘in children’s best interests’
School leaders’ union warns Ofsted has ‘completely underestimated the strength of feeling’ in schools following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry
Amanda, Spielman

Monday

20th Mar 2023

School leaders call for Ofsted pause after death of Ruth Perry
School inspections have reached a ‘watershed moment’, warns heads’ leader, amid calls for urgent talks and a plan for a boycott
Ofsted

Tuesday

14th Mar 2023

DfE seeks ‘outstanding’ leader to be next Ofsted chief
Applications to succeed Amanda Spielman as Ofsted chief inspector will close in early April, according to a new job advert
Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman was speaking at the ASCL conference in Birmingham today.

Saturday

11th Mar 2023

Labour plans to replace Ofsted grades
Shadow education secretary to reveal that a Labour government would also introduce an annual review of school safeguarding
scrap yard

Friday

10th Mar 2023

Ofsted chief: Complaints process not ‘satisfying’ schools
Amanda Spielman also admits that pupil voice has been given too much weight in some Ofsted school inspections, speaking at a headteachers’ conference this morning
Amanda, Spielman

Wednesday

8th Mar 2023

Ofsted inspectors’ strike inspection plan ‘concern’
Four in five senior Ofsted inspectors are unhappy with the plan to start school inspections on Monday ahead of teacher strikes, a snapshot poll shows
Ofsted inspectors’ strike inspection plan ‘concern’
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