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Jon Andrews, of the Education Policy Institute, explains why a new tool that brings together a raft of performance measures should show the way to a more nuanced school inspection system

A new school validation process on the Isle of Man uses self-evaluation. Might it be a basis for the MAT inspections Ofsted has pledged to introduce in England?

But including pupil wellbeing in school accountability measures is ‘fraught with dangers’, headteachers’ leader warns

School leaders fear changes to inspection aren’t going in the right direction – and it’s up to Ofsted to prove them wrong, says NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman

Over 90% of heads do not have confidence in Ofsted being able to design an effective new inspection framework, NAHT warns

Headteachers’ support service warns that it is still receiving ‘traumatic’ calls from school leaders about Ofsted inspections

Binary judgements for schools on safeguarding are likely to remain, although they could change from ‘effective’ or ‘ineffective’ to either ‘met’ or ‘not met’

Rather than arguing about school structures, we should be focusing on removing accountability levers that are preventing schools of all types from collaborating, argues Keziah Featherstone

Watchdog urged to be more transparent about trials of new school inspection system if it wants to rebuild trust with the profession

Ofsted chief gives Commons committee an overview of what he believes the new school inspection report cards should cover

A headteacher outlines his hopes for curriculum and assessment reform to ensure the achievement of all pupils, and the schools that support them, are recognised

Sir Martyn Oliver will appear before a Commons committee to answer questions on everything from the introduction of inspection report cards to inspectors’ subject knowledge