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Yvette Stanley shares what a sample of consistently good and outstanding children’s homes do to maintain their success.
Findings from our joint targeted area inspections of ‘the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment’ summarised in report published today.
Amanda Spielman spoke at the Headteachers’ Symposium on Creativity and Education about arts subjects in schools and initial teacher education.
Ofsted has today published a consultation on a new approach to inspecting initial teacher education (ITE).
Ofsted's Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman discusses the quality of education, training and care services in England at the launch of Ofsted's Annual Report today.
This year's annual report finds the overall quality of education and care in England is good and improving, but chief inspector warns against complacency.
Daniel Muijs (Ofsted’s Deputy Director, Research and Evaluation from 2019 to 2021) summarises our reasons for carrying out our own research at Ofsted.
Research into initial teacher education (ITE) curriculum reveals effective mentoring and prioritising the needs of a trainee are two key indicators of quality.
415 schools in England are ‘stuck’ in a cycle of low performance and need better and more tailored support to improve, a new Ofsted report has found.
Ofsted is launching a new research project to look at the subcontracting landscape within further education (FE).
Updates for inspectors and stakeholders with the latest information and guidance about Ofsted's inspection work in schools.
Ofsted has sent surveys to social care providers to find out about the experiences of the children, parents, staff and professionals involved.
Ofsted's Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, discusses upcoming changes to how we inspect initial teacher education (ITE) partnerships.
Home education is often being chosen by parents of children with complex needs as a last resort.
Local authorities were misled into paying thousands of pounds of public money for children to be educated in an unsafe unregistered school, following Ofsted’s investigation.
A headteacher and her father have been found guilty of running an unregistered school in south London, in only the second prosecution of its kind.
Ofsted's Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, summarises our findings so far on managing behaviour in schools and our future projects.
You may notice some changes to some of the Ofsted services and GOV.UK pages. Here’s a round-up of these changes.
Ofsted's Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, discusses accountability and autonomy and how you cannot have one without the other.
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