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Chief inspector rejects the suggestion that Ofsted might have deliberately downgraded top-rated schools

Ofsted chief inspector says schools need help from the government to ‘navigate’ their way through a ‘minefield’

Top-rated primary schools almost twice as likely to be downgraded than secondaries after ‘outstanding’ inspection exemption lifted

Union to issue ‘consultative ballot’ on industrial action vote as ‘schools have faced a decade of real-terms cuts’ and teacher pay deal that is both ‘inadequate’ and ‘unaffordable’

Ofsted ratings handed to schools before they joined an academy trust should not trigger intervention, education leaders warn ministers

DfE agency chief says work is ongoing to identify trusts paying salaries ‘we really do need to be concerned about’