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

Monday

29th Mar 2021

‘Light touch’ Ofsted inspections for schools next term
Inspectorate will conduct on-site visits to schools in the summer term, but few graded inspections until September

Thursday

25th Mar 2021

Teachers to decide on call for Ofsted to be abolished
Members of Britain’s largest teaching union will vote on motion to abolish schools inspectorate at conference next month

Tuesday

23rd Mar 2021

Deal with school ‘rape culture’ firmly, says Ofsted
MPs ask watchdog about recent allegations of sexual harassment and abuse at independent schools

Friday

19th Mar 2021

Exclusive: Ofsted may grade some schools next term
Watchdog is looking at whether it can carry out graded inspections of schools that want to demonstrate they have improved next term
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
91¶¶Òõ 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