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January 12, 2021

Councils call for Ofsted school inspections not to be resumed

Councils are urging Ofsted to postpone the resumption of monitoring inspections for schools, to avoid adding to the considerable burden of school leaders and staff.
November 30, 2020

Hundreds of ‘invisible children’ in England locked away without legal protection

A significant number of extremely vulnerable children end up in places that are not even registered with Ofsted, let alone registered as secure homes.
February 11, 2020

National Education Union backs #PauseOfsted campaign

The union says Ofsted makes schools the scapegoat for rising child poverty, which is the real enemy of learning and progress.
January 21, 2020

Ofsted prevented from speaking with pupils at failing independent school

Ofsted has been prevented from speaking with any pupils at a Charedi Jewish primary school which has again been graded as an ‘inadequate’ in its latest inspection.
May 24, 2019

Schools staying with their council more likely to remain good or outstanding

Schools which remain with their council are more likely to keep a good or outstanding Ofsted rating than those which become an academy, a new report by the Local Government Association reveals.
May 8, 2019

Teaching union responds to the Timpson Review on exclusions

Review fails to acknowledge the political policy drivers for exclusion and off rolling, which is the fragmentation of our school system into competing units chasing league table positions and high Ofsted scores, says union leader.
January 24, 2019

PAC report on academies 'is a wake-up call to DfE'

The National Education Union says the academies programme has drastically reduced the transparency and accountability of schools.
January 18, 2019

New analysis of the childcare workforce in England

A large proportion of childcare workers are struggling financially, research finds.
January 16, 2019

Charity threatens legal action against government 'to protect vulnerable children'

Article 39 demands that a misleading document about local authority duties towards vulnerable children is withdrawn.
December 14, 2018

Underperforming community schools at risk of faith based ‘power grab’

The Accord Coalition has warned that the inclusive ethos of community schools is under threat from them joining faith based academy chains.