Ofsted

A leading provider of the Early Career Framework says Ofsted’s latest review validates the recent reforms to support new teachers, and that we now have a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to invest in teachers’ skills and expertise

If the schools watchdog is to change might drawing on ideas from other inspectorates around the world help? A leader in Dubai outlines some ideas from that country worth considering

The interview Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman gave to the BBC over the weekend suggested her organisation is still refusing to listen and learn, argues Tom Campbell

This week’s essential education news and analysis round-up includes new guidance for teacher strikes, heads voting on industrial action and calls for the DfE to ditch its plan for a minimum length of the school week

As Ofsted’s remit comes under pressure like never before, schools should also consider how to rethink their own self-evaluation culture to ensure a focus on quality does not contribute to workload burdens

This week’s essential education news and analysis includes unions rejecting the latest pay offer, plans for summer strikes and a warning about school staff workloads

Anyone applying for the job of Ofsted chief inspector should consider making these changes to the school inspection system, argues Tom Campbell, CEO at E-ACT multi-academy trust

This week’s essential news and analysis features all the reaction to the new teacher pay offer, including plans for more strikes, heads’ warnings about funding the increase and a plea from the education secretary

As education unions call for a pause on Ofsted inspections and some leaders consider boycotts, a legal expert explains the rules and regulations that govern inspections – and if schools have a right to refuse one

This week’s essential news and analysis includes the reaction to the latest national teacher strikes, the start of ‘intensive’ pay talks and a big Budget announcement on primary schools

If we are to reverse recruitment and retention decline and give teacher training the boost it needs then we need a radical solution to the inspection regime that governs it all

School leaders and ministers have lamented the post-Covid drop in school attendance, but a tech solution may help schools reverse the trend, finds Dan Worth