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.
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.
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.
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.