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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.
A headteacher and her father have been found guilty of running an unregistered school in south London, in only the second prosecution of its kind.
New measures announced to continue raising standards in schools, including lifting the exemption on outstanding school inspections and more support for struggling schools.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Ofsted's Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, discusses accountability and autonomy and how you cannot have one without the other.
Ofsted's Chief Inspector has written to the Secretary of State for Education setting out Ofsted's findings after inspecting Steiner schools.
New figures show 380,000 children are now studying in good or outstanding sponsored academies, up 80,000 since December 2017.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Only 16% of outstanding primary and secondary schools inspected this academic year retained their top Ofsted rating, according to official statistics published today.
New research for Ofsted finds that a quarter of teachers have seen off-rolling happen in their schools.
Ofsted's Chief Inspector discussed her visits to 3 schools in the North Yorkshire Coast Opportunity Area and the new inspection framework consultation.
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Education Secretary Damian Hinds set out the importance of primary assessment
Ofsted has published detailed figures revealing the scale of the problem with suspected illegal schools in England.
A financial notice to improve issued to Plymouth CAST by the Education and Skills Funding Agency.
Ofsted's Deputy Director for Schools discussed the new education inspection framework and initial feedback from pilot inspections.
Ofsted's Chief Inspector gave a speech at the 40th anniversary celebration of the Muslim Teachers' Association.
Details of Ofsted's development programme for minority ethnic school leaders in London and how to apply.
Ofsted's Chief Inspector spoke at the ASCL (Association of School and College Leaders) Annual Conference 2019 in Birmingham.
A notice to The Branch Christian School from the Department for Education.
Secretary of State for Education Damian Hinds' letter to Ofsted about Steiner schools.
The Chief Inspector has written to the Secretary of State for Education setting out Ofsted's findings after inspecting a number of Steiner schools.
Minded to terminate letter issued by the Department of Education to the Great Academies Education Trust in respect of Copley Academy.
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