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Ofsted has written to Staffordshire County Council following focused inspections of 18 Staffordshire primary schools in March 2014.
Ofsted finds that the local authority's systems for collecting and analysing school data are not fit for purpose.
From September 2015 Ofsted will no longer contract with Inspection Service Providers (ISPs) for school and further education inspections.
Commissioned by Ofsted, students at Exeter College have produced a film to promote Ofsted’s new online tool – Employer View.
Childcare businesses will benefit from clearer and simpler guidance following a review of how regulations governing the sector are enforced.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
New online tool enables employers to rate further education and skills providers, enhancing role of employers in education and training.
Local authorities must do more to make sure the needs of looked after children living far away from home can be met.
Following inspections of 7 schools in Thurrock in February 2014, Ofsted has written to Thurrock Local Authority about the findings.
Social care online questionnaires for children’s homes, fostering services, adoption agencies and residential family centres are open.
Ofsted says that pre-school children from poorer backgrounds need the support of professionally trained staff
Lorna Fitzjohn HMI appointed as Director of Further Education and Skills returning to lead an area where she was previously Deputy Director.
More must be done to identify and respond effectively to neglect at the earliest stages, a new report from Ofsted says today.
Ofsted publishes the outcome letter for the recent series of inspections of academies within the E-ACT Multi-Academy Trust.
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector has proposed a new way of inspecting the great majority of schools in England.
Strategies to improve the education outcomes for children and young people in Peterborough are having positive results.
A third of pupils overall, and over half of secondary-aged children, attend a school in Middlesbrough that is less than good, says Ofsted.
School and council leaders meet to discuss closing the attainment gap between wealthier and poorer pupils.
Life chances for young Suffolk people are being damaged by council failure to challenge and support schools, according to an Ofsted letter.
A report finds that young people in London are being helped to re-engage with study by college teachers.
Ofsted finds much good practice in land-based education and training but identifies a few areas for improvement.
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