Michael Wilshaw

Ofsted Chief Clashes With Gove Over O-Level Reforms

PA | Posted 16.07.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The Ofsted chief inspector is against radical reforms that would see less able pupils sit simpler qualifications or take papers later on, it was repor...

Half Of Schools Unsatisfactory, Ofsted Finds

PA | Posted 12.06.2012 | UK

Almost half of schools inspected in the first three months of this year were found to be not good enough, new figures show. Statistics published by...

Ofsted Chief Makes Dramatic U-Turn On No-Notice Inspections

PA | Posted 30.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Ofsted's controversial chief inspector made a U-turn on one of his key policies on Tuesday. Sir Michael Wilshaw has backed down on contentious plan...

Weaker Pupils Receive Weakest Teaching, Ofsted Finds

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Weak maths students receive the worst teaching, an Ofsted report has revealed. The publication, released on Tuesday, found pupils in lower ability ...

'Toxic' Schools Segregate Pupils Along Class Lines, Warns Union Leader

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Schools are segregated along class lines, leaving the poorest children struggling to achieve against poverty and deprivation, a teacher's leader warne...

Thousands Of Pupils In Schools Labelled 'Not Good Enough' Ofsted Says

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

More than a third of schools inspected in the last three months of 2011 were not good enough, according to Ofsted figures. Statistics show that of ...

Ofsted Chief Says All Teachers Should Be Qualified, Despite Gove's Free School Policy

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 29.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The new Ofsted chief has revealed he wants all teachers to be qualified - a stark contrast to education secretary Michael Gove's, who appears to sanct...

'Weak Teachers' Should Be Denied Pay Rises

PA | Posted 03.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

'Weak teachers' should not be given pay rises, the head of the schools watchdog said on Thursday. Sir Michael Wilshaw, chief inspector of Ofsted wa...