Ofsted

Watchdog’s national education director also tells the Schools North East summit that Ofsted is in talks with the DfE about concerns over the inspection of inclusion

The chief inspector, speaking at the Confederation of School Trusts conference, rejects the idea that Ofsted has not considered headteachers’ wellbeing in developing its new inspections

After Tes readers got in touch with some key questions about Ofsted’s new approach to inspections, Cerys Turner provides the answers

MAT leader Jonny Uttley warns Ofsted is ‘refusing’ to scrutinise schools that ‘push’ students out

Chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver and Ofsted chair Dame Christine Gilbert face the education select committee as the finalised plans for new inspections come under scrutiny

The Association of School and College Leaders has confirmed it will explore legal action against Ofsted over the impact of report cards on school leader wellbeing

A head who had a two-day pilot inspection under Ofsted’s new framework shares what he learned – and why it was a positive experience

Inspectorate says the increase in inspections may reflect greater awareness of the problem of illegal schools, but warns legal loopholes still make it too easy to evade prosecution

With the new Ofsted framework taking a broad view of inclusion, it’s even more important to make teaching inclusive ‘by design’ and not by accident, suggests Alex Quigley

The inclusion of English as an additional language in the new inspection toolkit means schools need to look again at this area of provision, writes Katherine Solomon

Former Ofsted chief inspector tells the Conservative Party conference that there is a lack of subject scrutiny in the new report card system

School leaders’ union rallies its members to ask their employer to carry out a wellbeing risk assessment over Ofsted’s new school inspections