On 8 January 2023, Ruth Perry, the headteacher of Caversham Primary School in Reading, took her own life after being told that the school had been downgraded from Outstanding to Inadequate following an Ofsted inspection. Ms Perry’s family has previously blamed the Ofsted inspection for her death, and they are calling for an inquiry into …
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The death of head teacher Ruth Perry has brought Ofsted’s inspection process under scrutiny, particularly their grading system. In the aftermath, Sir Michael Wilshaw, former chief inspector of schools, has said that the style of inspections needs to change. In particular, the events surrounding Ms Perry’s death have given him cause for concern over the …
On Monday 12 June 2023, in response to the death of head teacher Ruth Perry, who took her own life following an Ofsted inspection, the education regulator has announced a number of reforms to its current inspection system. Schools which are given an Ofsted rating of inadequate will be re-inspected sooner to give them a …
On 18 January Amanda Spielman, Ofsted’s Chief iInspector, spoke at the annual lecture about how Ofsted and the education sector uses research. In this speech, Ms Spielman outlined the main reasons why Ofsted uses research and how that research is used during the inspection process. This comes after Ofsted’s announcement during an invite-only meeting with …
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Ofsted admitted during an invite-only meeting with the Confederation of School Trusts (CST) that its complaint policy is not working and will be reviewed. In the 2021-22 year only 17% of complaints had aspects upheld – the lowest in eight years. Ofsted is now reviewing its complaints policy to see how it can be improved. …
On 1 September 2022 Ofsted published an updated guidance on its code of conduct (“The Guidance”) which provides direction on the conduct of inspectors and the expectations they have for providers. Ofsted have stated that the primary purpose of inspection or regulation under its framework is to bring about improvement in education provision for all …
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Headteachers among the country have strongly criticised the policy of ensuring all schools are inspected by the summer of 2025. Ofcom’s plan to accelerate inspections have been condemned by teaching unions, which have highlighted the extraordinary pressure schools are currently still under due to Covid. Headteachers have reacted with fury and disbelief to government plans, …
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Amanda Spielman, the chief inspector of education expects the number of ‘outstanding’ schools to ‘fall from 4,133, to roughly 2,000’ following a new inspection regime which is set to overhaul education standards. The Ofsted chief said she wouldn’t be ‘surprised’ if half of schools that were once inspected and graded outstanding fail to achieve this …
Ofsted confirmed on 3 December 2020 that it will not return to conducting rated visits of children’s social care providers until April 2021. It will continue to publish reports which it states will provide commissioners with the information required to make decisions about what is going well in services and what is required to improve. …
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