A teacher described always having to be ready for an inspection as ‘intolerable’.
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Parents want external measures of a school – but also to get to know what it is like.
Ofsted inspections can take a heavy emotional and professional toll, making teacher educators feel undervalued.
There are two specific areas where we believe the new proposals have particularly failed: inspector conduct and inspection accountability.
Submissions made to the Education Committee detail bullying behaviour and unprofessionalism.
Parents want to know if children are happy, and what they learn beyond standard school subjects.
My research has explored inconsistencies between how different inspectors approach their job.
Schools will no longer get a headline grade of outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate.
The government’s decision may seem hard to fathom.
Let’s make Ofsted a school improver not a government enforcer.
There is no evidence that either academies or local schools produce better results with equivalent pupils.
Research found that inspectorates in Sweden, Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland did not make inspection reports public.
Many teachers have reported thinking about leaving the profession.
State-funded schools are not allowed to be operated as profit-making entities. So why are children in care being accommodated by for-profit companies?
The schools inspectorate’s policies about language are harmful to the most marginalised members of society.
Teachers have a legal duty to promote British values, but what exactly are they?
Secondary students are losing the opportunity to enjoy learning for its own sake.
The head of Ofsted has said a sense that educational needs had been neglected fuelled the vote in favour of Brexit. Is he right?
A committee of MPs says it is unable to support the appointment of Amanda Spielman as head of the schools inspectorate.
It’s old-fashioned, out of date and varies massively from school to school.
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