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Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2025 Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Annual Conference in Liverpool.
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2025 National SEND and Inclusion Conference in Nottingham.
Sir Hamid Patel has been appointed to serve as interim Chair of the Ofsted Board until a successor is found for Dame Christine Ryan, who announced in November that she would be stepping down this year.
Ofsted has today published an evaluation assessing the role that the current education inspection framework (EIF) has played in improving curriculum quality in schools.
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2025 Nursery World Business Summit in London.
Ofsted has today published new research on how local authorities support homeless children aged 16 and 17.
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) 2025 Winter Conference/AGM in London.
Ofsted has sent surveys to social care providers to find out about the experiences of the children, parents, staff and professionals involved.
Ofsted is consulting on a new approach to inspecting education providers and the introduction of report cards.
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have today published guidance for the next series of thematic visits looking at how well children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are being supported.
Ofsted has today published the first monitoring report on 132 commitments made in the Big Listen and the response to Dame Christine Gilbert’s independent learning review.
Ofsted has today published 3 additional recordings of school inspector training materials, following on from the first collection published earlier this term.
A report by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) finds that local areas are working hard to improve support for young people with SEND, but systemic challenges are limiting their ability to prepare these young people…
Most children are well-served by the education sector and, in social care, life-changing work is being done for children and young people every day.
Ofsted Chair Dame Christine Ryan has informed the Secretary of State of her intention to step down from the board in 2025.
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the annual National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC) in Liverpool.
Ofsted has postponed the start to its next initial teacher education (ITE) inspection cycle until the 2025/26 academic year, following a request by the Secretary of State for Education.
Ofsted, the CQC, HMICFRS and HMI Probation have today published a report that finds serious youth violence is more far-reaching than many adults realise, affecting children all over England and leaving a serious impact on co…
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2024 annual conference of the Association of Colleges (AoC) in Birmingham.
A speech by Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, at the Confederation of School Trusts’ conference.
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