What was claimed: Following Sir Hamid Patel being appointed the interim chair of Ofsted’s board, the curriculum in schools will be changed, and everything children learn at school must pass through ...

Headteachers have criticised the decision for Ofsted to use schools’ 2022 SATs and GCSE results as part of its judgment of curriculum impacts. The DfE announced on Friday that it will not publish KS2 ...

A Lancaster primary and nursery school has been rated as "strong" in the majority of categories in its latest Ofsted inspection.

A primary school in Bridgwater has enjoyed a positive report from Ofsted, despite some concerns about the curriculum and its approach to writing. Westonzoyland Community Primary School, which teaches ...

The Wilson Marriage Centre Nursery in Barrack Street was visited by an Ofsted inspector in November before a report was published last month.

A school requires improvements after Ofsted deemed the quality of education offered to students as not being up to standard. On November 14 and 15, 2023, inspectors visited the English Martyrs ...

A primary school in Nuneaton where pupils are 'happy and polite' and 'keen to learn in lessons' has received Ofsted praise. Milby Primary School on Milby Drive in Nuneaton says its curriculum is ...

Ofsted has criticised the curriculum at a Cambridgeshire nursery, in a report showing a rating drop from 'good' to 'requires improvement'. Inspectors visited Little Munchkins Nursery and Preschool at ...

Colin Richards worked as a government inspector of schools from 1983 to 1996, including four years in Ofsted. The process of reform in any complex organisation is difficult, uneven and subject to ...