Don’t judge schools by SATS data alone
Russell Hobby warns of the limitations of viewing data as the sole indicator of a school's success.
Category: Ofsted
UNISON welcomes the decision by Ofsted to bring back early years inspection.
UNISON, the union that represents early years inspectors, has welcomed Ofsted’s decision today (Tuesday) to bring the service back in house from April 2017. Early years inspection was previously...
98% of schools are getting safeguarding right
In its report on best practice for safeguarding children in schools, Ofsted claims that just two per cent of schools it inspected were considered to have inadequate safeguarding procedures in place.
Gossip does not prove abuse of inspection
NAHT has welcomed Ofsted's intervention on claims of routine attempts to dupe school inspectors. Russell Hobby, general secretary of the NAHT, said: We agree with Ofsted's position on claims of...
A new label won’t help to encourage teaching
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has welcomed a report which aims to drive up teaching quality but questions whether re-labelling so-called 'coasting' schools is the way to achieve it.
Another New Framework for Ofsted
Another new framework for Ofsted; but it's how it's used that counts, say school leaders.