A Stevenage school has received a glowing Ofsted report after volunteering to be one of the country's first schools to be inspected under ...

On average, three children in every classroom have a diagnosable mental health condition – and many more go through periods when they struggle to cope. There is mounting evidence that this mental ...

Ofsted has hit back at concerns over its new framework for inspecting children’s homes, insisting it is “not vastly different, just clearer”. John Goldup, Ofsted’s social care director, made the ...

Head teachers need to be ‘highly knowledgeable’ about early years to secure a Strong Ofsted outcome for this part of their ...

The new common inspection framework applies to all education inspections and will come into force from September 2015. It applies to all settings on the early years register, maintained schools and ...

The Society of Authors (SoA) has welcomed proposals from Ofsted to place less emphasis on exams, saying the move would encourage more schools to take up creative subjects. In a speech to school ...

Ofsted has enacted a “contingency plan” to help inspectors record notes after more “technical problems” with its electronic evidence-gathering system ...

Ofsted is to push ahead with the introduction of a tougher inspection regime for children's services, ignoring warnings from the sector that the system is too simplistic and will fail to deliver ...

There's a teacher at my school that needs to be apologised to. She's been there a long time, through thick and thin, good, bad and disastrous times. She's held the school together; teaching ...

Ofsted has had a positive impact in raising standards in schools over the last 20 years. Expectations have been raised, mediocre practice has been challenged and schools that were letting down their ...

Ofsted is considering a new assessment to ensure schools are looking after pupils’ mental health and wellbeing, The Sunday Telegraph understands. The move would be part of a wider shake up of the ...

Children’s social care services rated ‘inadequate’ will no longer face inspection under the single inspection framework (SIF) following an evaluation of the new regulatory regime, Ofsted has announced ...