Ofsted has introduced major changes around inspections impacting every school. The education watchdog has scrapped its divisive one-word grading system in favour of a new 'report card', which aims to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Single headline Ofsted grades for schools will be scrapped with immediate effect. (Alamy) (Danny Lawson, PA Images) One and ...

On what for many children was back-to-school week, the new head of Ofsted has been showing welcome signs of a willingness to learn. Sir Martyn Oliver held a meeting with Professor Julia Waters, the ...

Ofsted's chief inspector has vowed to make changes to the system in the wake of the tragic death of headteacher Ruth Perry. Mrs Perry took her own life in January last year after Caversham Primary ...

One primary school was rated as having a strong standard in all areas ...

Under this framework, the University received “strong standard” judgements for curriculum and teaching and for participation ...

Teaching union NASUWT has approved a motion calling for the abolition of Ofsted, adding to growing pressure on the schools watchdog. Teachers described a "deep-seated fear" of Ofsted inspections at ...

Single-headline Ofsted ratings for schools will be scrapped with immediate effect. Teachers and parents welcomed a Government announcement to overhaul the watchdog’s system as kids return for the new ...

The Beyond Ofsted inquiry called for a "transformational change" to the school inspections system Ofsted inspectors should not be in classrooms and the whole system needs "a big change", an inquiry ...

The majority of college staff want Ofsted inspections to be abolished, a survey has suggested. A poll of more than 1,000 University and College Union (UCU) members in the further education (FE) sector ...

Ofsted has appointed a leader of a religious school as its chairman in what is believed to be a first for the education watchdog. Sir Hamid Patel will enter the top board position temporarily until a ...

School inspections play a crucial role in how parents choose where to send their children. But the death of Ruth Perry, the head teacher who killed herself before her school was judged to be ...