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Lack of reading lessons for prisoners a ‘huge missed opportunity’ – report

Prisons are failing to improve the literacy skills of inmates, which is a “huge missed opportunity” to help prisoners gain vital skills. A new combined report from Ofsted and HM Inspectorate of Prisons found that prison leaders were too focused on ...

22 Mar 2022 at 10:55

Most parents ‘aren’t equipped’ to home educate, says Amanda Spielman

Many parents are “not equipped” to educate their children at home, the head of Ofsted is expected to say to heads. Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman is expected to welcome the Government’s announcement of a new register for children educated ...

12 Mar 2022 at 01:25

New powers to shut down illegal schools announced

Unsafe, illegal schools will be shut down under new Government powers, the Department for Education (DfE) has announced. The DfE said that its work on closing unsafe independent schools until now had been “slow”. Under the new powers, Education ...

06 May 2022 at 15:25

Ofsted is ‘failed project’ – union chief

The president of the National Education Union has said that Ofsted “is and always has been a failed project” and was “absent without leave during the pandemic”. Speaking at the NEU’s annual conference in Bournemouth on Monday, Daniel Kebede ...

11 Apr 2022 at 11:25

Tens of thousands likely to attend unregistered schools, says Ofsted chief

Tens of thousands of children in England are likely to be in unregistered schools and therefore growing up “ignorant” of things they need to know fit into British society as adults, an education chief has said. Ofsted’s chief inspector ...

11 Apr 2022 at 10:55

Education Secretary promises new Ofsted powers in crackdown on illegal schools

The Education Secretary has pledged a crackdown on illegal schools, which it is thought tens of thousands of children in England could be attending. Nadhim Zahawi confirmed there would be “stronger powers” for the schools watchdog ...

11 Apr 2022 at 11:55

Schools tread ‘careful path’ between intolerance and being woke – Ofsted chief

Schools have to tread a “careful path” between being “damned for being intolerant” or “slammed for being woke”, Ofsted’s chief inspector has said. Speaking at an Office for Students event, Amanda Spielman said schools and ...

07 Apr 2022 at 13:25

‘Extra school day amid bad weather closures would be decision for ministers’

Children must get their “full time in education” the boss of the schools watchdog has said, as she referred to the US practice of adding on an extra day of lessons if there are weather closures. Ofsted chief inspector ...

13 Dec 2022 at 17:02

Watchdog fears some parents have ‘lost sight’ of need for school attendance

Pupil attendance is running “persistently” lower than before the pandemic after lockdowns broke the “clear social contract” on children going to school daily, an education leader has said. Ofsted Chief Inspector ...

13 Dec 2022 at 11:55

Outstanding schools downgraded in Ofsted re-inspections

Hundreds of schools in England have been downgraded after being re-inspected for the first time in years. Watchdog Ofsted said it inspected more than 500 schools in the last academic year that were previously ...

22 Nov 2022 at 12:20

Schools ‘urgently’ need guidance on gender ‘minefield’, says Ofsted chief

Schools “urgently” need guidance from the Government to help them handle the “minefield” of the gender debate, Ofsted’s chief has said. Chief inspector Amanda Spielman said there is a “very considerable” ...

22 Nov 2022 at 14:20

Help pupils understand events in Ukraine, heads told

Headteachers will need to help pupils understand complex global issues such as the crisis in Ukraine, the head of Ofsted said. Speaking to the annual conference of the Association of School and College ...

12 Mar 2022 at 12:25

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