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From September 2015 Ofsted will no longer contract with Inspection Service Providers (ISPs) for school and further education inspections.
How Outwood Academy Portland has taken advantage of academy freedoms and used extra-curricular activities to improve pupils' attainment.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Following inspections of 7 schools in Thurrock in February 2014, Ofsted has written to Thurrock Local Authority about the findings.
The government announces a new accountability system that will help ensure all children are literate and numerate.
Schools Minister David Laws’ written ministerial statement on reforms to primary and 16 to 19 accountability.
Lord Nash writes to the chief executive of E-ACT following Ofsted’s inspection of 16 of its academies.
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.
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.
Inspectors are going in to support school improvement in Thurrock, South Essex, Ofsted announced today.
Ofsted publishes the outcome letter of its inspection of 17 secondary schools in Cumbria.
Lord Nash writes to the Al-Madinah Education Trust about its future.
Teachers, school leaders and education managers must work more closely to improve maths teaching in Knowsley secondary schools, said Ofsted.
Ofsted publishes the outcome letter of its inspection of Bournemouth council’s support for school improvement and finds it effective.
Ofsted Chief Inspector announced the start of a programme of unannounced school visits where standards of behaviour are cause for concern.
Ofsted and the Education and Training Foundation publish vocational teaching and learning good practice case studies.
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