Ofsted

The chair of the Headteachers’ Roundtable explains how the tide has turned against single-word Ofsted judgements, and why today’s decision is a ‘champagne moment’

In today’s Tes Daily newsletter, editor Jon Severs offers his view on why we need to interrogate the DfE’s decision to scrap single-word overall grades more deeply

Single-word headline judgements to be removed with ‘immediate effect’ as part of a government shake-up of school accountability and improvement

Concern raised by official statistics watchdog over the way Ofsted records ‘incomplete’ inspections

Ofsted has published its annual accounts report. Here is everything you need to know

School leaders will be more involved in ungraded inspections from September as Ofsted aims to ‘reduce the burden’ on subject leads

An independent review of Reading Council’s actions after the death of the headteacher highlights the ‘folly of a macho culture’ of high-stakes accountability in schools

Alternative Big Listen survey suggests the inspectorate has lost the confidence of the sector, with nine in 10 respondents saying it is not fit for purpose

Leora Cruddas, chief executive of the MAT sector body, says trusts should know their schools and heads, and not be reliant upon Ofsted to highlight problems

Tes takes a closer look at the gaps in the new Labour government’s manifesto pledges for schools

The Association of School and College Leaders has called for the creation of a new statutory set of standards to underpin school accountability reforms proposed by Labour

This week’s essential education news and analysis includes disadvantaged GCSE students being disrupted by teacher absence and a halt on key decisions affecting academy trusts