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Education secretary Bridget Phillipson faces Commons Education Select Committee after government Budget sparks SEND controversy

Sir Martyn Oliver hopes the watchdog’s new inspection framework will result in a ‘system-wide behaviour shift on inclusion’

Watchdog stops routine inspections of national professional qualifications for 2025-26, at education secretary Bridget Phillipson’s request

The NAHT had appealed against a decision not to grant a judicial review into the launch of new Ofsted school inspections

But schools taking part in the first inspections under the new report-card system also report that the process feels more collaborative

Teacher and leader wellbeing is ‘built into every aspect’ of the new approach to inspection, says chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver

With Ofsted’s new inspection framework now up and running, it will be months before we really know how well it’s working – but past experience of reform raises some alarm bells, writes this former HMI

Schools that volunteered to be first for new inspections should be allowed to withdraw because of changes announced by Ofsted just days before the new system begins, say heads’ leaders

The schools watchdog has published findings from its pilot of new report card inspections, along with the changes it plans to make. Here is everything you need to know

The NAHT’s bid for a judicial review over the new Ofsted framework was heard just a week before inspections are due to start

The two unions will provide witness statements to support the NAHT’s bid for a judicial review over Ofsted’s new inspections

Ofsted’s expectation that schools provide a graded self-evaluation using its new five-point scale has sparked warnings from heads’ leaders