A headteacher found hanged at her primary school was concerned the school would lose its top Ofsted rating months before she died, an inquest has hear...

Ofsted has announced plans to overhaul inspections for more than 1,000 private schools amid concerns that teaching is "seldom inspiring". Under the...

Concerns have been raised that unqualified teachers are still being used to inspect schools. There are at least five lead inspectors carrying out i...

Colleges are failing to put jobseekers on courses that will help them find work, inspectors are warning. Instead, these adults are being offered ba...

A head who experimented by "team-teaching" children in classes of more than 50 is super-sizing the rest of his school. Last year John Starling reve...

Former failing headteachers have been recruited by Ofsted to inspect schools, it was reported on Tuesday. Governors and ex-school secretaries have ...

Ofsted has been accused of "cutting and pasting" school inspection reports after two documents contained a number of identical sentences and phrases, ...

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...

Michael Gove has signalled a u-turn over controversial plans for schools to face unannounced inspections, amid an outcry from head teachers. The Ed...

Dr Maggie Atkinson, the Children's Commissioner for England, was reported in The Huffington Post as saying that students should no longer be excluded for "minor infringements" such as wearing jewellery or incorrect school uniform, and that exclusions should only be implemented to protect safety and learning.

A positive wellbeing agenda within schools is not only good for pupil's health it is good for having content and happy pupils engaged in the curriculum. Sadly OFSTED no longer inspect for a pupil's wellbeing, instead focusing almost solely on academic performance.

Nurseries and childminders will be given more freedom in a radical shake-up of the inspections system aimed to cut bureaucracy, Ofsted announced on Mo...

Schools are tricking Ofsted by using a range of underhand tactics to pass their inspections, including shipping unruly children off to Alton Towers, t...

Boarding schools will no longer be given time to prepare for Ofsted inspections examining student welfare, the watchdog has announced. Schools wil...

Education Secretary Michael Gove has revealed the five new appointees to the board of Ofsted. They have all been appointed to serve on the board fo...