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Ofsted's National Director for Education, Lee Owston, spoke at the Schools and Academies Show in London.
Ofsted's Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, spoke at Voice 21's Speaking Summit in London.
Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2026 Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Annual Conference in Liverpool.
Ofsted today announced that it is piloting a new way of involving more serving education leaders in the inspections of schools and further education providers.
Ofsted has today launched a new way for education providers to celebrate and share their inspection report cards with parents, carers and the wider community.
Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) 2026 Winter Conference/AGM in London.
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, spoke at the Livery Education Conference at Drapers' Hall.
…A report by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) finds that support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) who do not attend school full-time is too inconsistent.…
…Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the Association of Colleges Annual Conference in Birmingham.…
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the Schools and Academies Show in Birmingham.
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2025 Young Carers Futures Conference in London.
…Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the Confederation of School Trusts 2025 annual conference in Birmingham.…
Ofsted has today published its 17th annual report on the effectiveness of care, welfare and training arrangements for recruits, trainees and officer cadets in the Armed Forces.…
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2025 Childcare and Education Expo in Coventry.
Today, Ofsted has set out a renewed approach to education inspection that will give parents better and more detailed information, is fairer on professionals, and – crucially – will help raise standards for all children.
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2025 Festival of Education.
The report looks at how Ofsted might consider vulnerability in the context of its inspection and regulation work.…
A new report published today by Ofsted shares insights into how ‘early adopter’ schools and further education (FE) colleges across England are integrating generative artificial intelligence (AI) into teaching, learning, and administration.
Following feedback from last year’s Big Listen and the recent consultation on inspection reform, Ofsted has today announced a new structure for inspection teams in schools and further education, focused on improving consiste…
Ofsted recently consulted on changes to education inspections and the introduction of a new report card.…
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