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Home education: a choice or last resort?
Home education is often being chosen by parents of children with complex needs as a last resort.
Press release
Three convicted of running an illegal school
Local authorities were misled into paying thousands of pounds of public money for children to be educated in an unsafe unregistered school, following Ofsted’s investigation.
Speech
HMCI commentary: managing behaviour research
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, summarises our findings so far on managing behaviour in schools and our future projects.
Speech
HMCI commentary: the roles of inspection and autonomy
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, discusses accountability and autonomy and how you cannot have one without the other.
Press release
Teachers feel unsupported on classroom behaviour
Ofsted has published research that shows the well-being of most teachers is generally low or moderate.
Press release
Joint inspections focusing on children’s mental health
Ofsted has published guidance for inspectors for new series of joint inspections focusing on children’s mental health.
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- Education inspection framework 2019: inspecting the substance of education
- Changes to Ofsted's statistical reporting on inspections and outcomes for children's homes and local authority children's services
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