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Webinar: How Ofsted inspects small primary school

11 April 2024

Hear directly from Ofsted about their approach to inspections of small primary schools. In this webinar, inspectors explain how they consider the context of a small school, and the opportunities…

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Ofsted complaints and pausing policies updated

8 April 2024

Ofsted has updated its policies for making complaints about inspections, and pausing inspections under exceptional circumstances. New complaints process allows providers to seek a review of their inspection when they…

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Ofsted inspections: what EY providers and practitioners need to know

24 March 2024

What schools, registered early years providers and childminders need to know about delivering the early years foundation stage (EYFS), and Ofsted inspections under the education inspection framework (EIF) guidance document…

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Ofsted experiences survey 2024

21 March 2024

HeadsUp4HTs have published their findings from a survey into the experiences of school leaders in the lead up to, during and following their Ofsted inspections. HeadsUp4HTs designed then ran the…

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Ofsted responds to the Education Select Committee report

15 March 2024

Ofsted has responded to each of the Education Select Committee's recommendations. Ofsted welcomes the recommendations from the Education Select Committee’s (ESC) Inquiry into its work, the results of which helped…

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Ofsted’s ‘Big Listen’

8 March 2024

Today, Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, launched the Big Listen consultation. The Big Listen asks a series of questions to help shape the conversation and provide a sense of direction…

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Ofsted English subject report published

7 March 2024

Ofsted has just published its latest subject report which evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of how English is taught in schools across the country. The main headline is that the…

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Alternative Provision is in need of reform, review finds

16 February 2024

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Ofsted have recently published a thematic review looking at how education, health and care partners work together to commission and oversee alternative provision (AP). Ofsted and…

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Education committee’s report on Ofsted inspections

1 February 2024

A review of Ofsted’s single-word judgements is among a series of recommendations that the Education Committee has issued to the inspectorate and the Government in a new report. The report…

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Early years curriculum: How Ofsted looks at communication and language on school inspection

29 January 2024

This free video for schools is part 4 in Ofsted's series of short webinars about the early years curriculum with a focus on communication and language. In this video, Kirsty…

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Updated inspection handbook and pausing inspections guidance

21 January 2024

Ofsted updated the School Inspection Handbook on 19th January 2024. The changes are as a result of Ofsted's response to the coroner's findings following the tragic death of Ruth Perry.…

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IDSR updated in December 2023

6 January 2024

Ofsted released the latest Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) in December. This release contains the following: - absence data for 2022/23 (autumn and spring terms)- final key stage 1 data-…

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