Weekly round-up: Ofsted changes - all the reaction

Catch up on all your must-read Tes content from the past seven days right here:

• Ofsted changes: Everything you need to know 
  The inspectorate has announced a raft of changes in response to pressure from schools after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry. Here, Tes outlines the watchdog’s plans.
   
• Ofsted changes: When is your school likely to be inspected? 
  Ofsted has for the first time published a detailed breakdown of when schools might next be inspected.
   
• ‘Significant’ changes to Ofsted’s complaints process
  Ofsted is consulting on changes to the way it handles complaints after admitting that its current approach is not satisfying schools.
   
• Spielman: Scrapping grades won’t stop heads’ ‘discomfort’ 
  Scrapping one-word school inspection judgements would not remove headteachers’ “underlying discomfort” if the consequences of inspections remain the same, Ofsted’s chief inspector Amanda Spielman has said.
   
• Ofsted crisis: Scrap one-word judgements, says Wilshaw
  Ofsted’s one-word judgements should be replaced with a more “nuanced” inspection report, former chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has told Tes.
   
• Ofsted safeguarding changes: ‘Short-term fixes will ignore real issues’ 
  The plan for Ofsted to return to schools after three months to see if safeguarding concerns have been addressed will put short-term fixes ahead of true improvements in culture, warns trust safeguarding director Sarah Bloomer.
   
• Keegan rejects union demands to reopen pay talks
  Education secretary Gillian Keegan has rejected union calls to restart pay talks and immediately publish the independent pay review body’s recommendations on teacher pay, in a letter seen by Tes.
   
• Music: Schools need ‘more resources and less accountability’ 
  Schools need additional support to allow music education to thrive, union leaders have said as the Department for Education unveiled a new expert group to oversee the implementation of its national plan to improve teaching of the subject.
   
• SEND: Plea for Reception place funding for nurseries
  Early years providers are being “penalised” for stepping in to take on Reception-age pupils with special educational needs and disabilities amid a drastic shortage of special or appropriate primary school places, sector leaders have warned.
   
• Rise of persistently absent pupils requires a major recovery plan 
  The pandemic has shifted expectations around school attendance for many young people and their families - and reversing this requires major action, says former DfE adviser Sam Freedman.
   
• How schools have made time for September’s 32.5-hour week
  Heads and trust leaders reveal the changes they have put in place to ensure that their schools adhere to the government’s new minimum school week length.
   
• Attendance: Thousands of pupils on part-time timetables 
  Up to 34,000 children could be attending school on part-time timetables, analysis suggests, after Ofsted warned these timetables were being used by schools that were unable to manage a child’s additional needs or behaviour.
   
• KCSIE 2023: Five tips for online filtering and monitoring
  With new Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance coming into force on how schools monitor pupils’ internet use, one safeguarding lead explains the key things that leaders should focus on.
   
• Rising EHCPs overwhelming schools and short-changing families 
  The shortage of special-school places to cater for a growing number of pupils with education, health and care plans is putting increasing stress on a broken SEND support system, warns Sendco Deborah Hollingsworth.