Government news, all in one place
Government news, all in one place
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Monday, 02 June 2014
Ofsted has written to Staffordshire County Council following focused inspections of 18 Staffordshire primary schools in March 2014....
Friday, 30 May 2014
Ofsted finds that the local authority's systems for collecting and analysing school data are not fit for purpose....
Thursday, 29 May 2014
From September 2015 Ofsted will no longer contract with Inspection Service Providers (ISPs) for school and further education inspections....
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Commissioned by Ofsted, students at Exeter College have produced a film to promote Ofsted’s new online tool – Employer View....
Monday, 28 April 2014
New online tool enables employers to rate further education and skills providers, enhancing role of employers in education and training. ...
Tuesday, 08 April 2014
Local authorities must do more to make sure the needs of looked after children living far away from home can be met....
Tuesday, 08 April 2014
Following inspections of 7 schools in Thurrock in February 2014, Ofsted has written to Thurrock Local Authority about the findings....
Friday, 04 April 2014
Social care online questionnaires for children’s homes, fostering services, adoption agencies and residential family centres are open....
Thursday, 03 April 2014
Ofsted says that pre-school children from poorer backgrounds need the support of professionally trained staff...
Wednesday, 02 April 2014
Lorna Fitzjohn HMI appointed as Director of Further Education and Skills returning to lead an area where she was previously Deputy Director....
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
More must be done to identify and respond effectively to neglect at the earliest stages, a new report from Ofsted says today....
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Ofsted publishes the outcome letter for the recent series of inspections of academies within the E-ACT Multi-Academy Trust....
Friday, 21 March 2014
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector has proposed a new way of inspecting the great majority of schools in England....
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Strategies to improve the education outcomes for children and young people in Peterborough are having positive results....
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
A third of pupils overall, and over half of secondary-aged children, attend a school in Middlesbrough that is less than good, says Ofsted....
Friday, 07 March 2014
School and council leaders meet to discuss closing the attainment gap between wealthier and poorer pupils....
Tuesday, 04 March 2014
Life chances for young Suffolk people are being damaged by council failure to challenge and support schools, according to an Ofsted letter....
Friday, 28 February 2014
A report finds that young people in London are being helped to re-engage with study by college teachers....
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Ofsted finds much good practice in land-based education and training but identifies a few areas for improvement....
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Inspectors are going in to support school improvement in Thurrock, South Essex, Ofsted announced today....
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Plans to revise the ways in which initial teacher education partnerships are inspected will help to raise standards further, says Ofsted....
Monday, 10 February 2014
Ofsted publishes the outcome letter of its inspection of 17 secondary schools in Cumbria....
Tuesday, 04 February 2014
Teachers, school leaders and education managers must work more closely to improve maths teaching in Knowsley secondary schools, said Ofsted....
Friday, 31 January 2014
Ofsted publishes the outcome letter of its inspection of Bournemouth council’s support for school improvement and finds it effective....
Friday, 31 January 2014
Ofsted Chief Inspector announced the start of a programme of unannounced school visits where standards of behaviour are cause for concern....
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Ofsted and the Education and Training Foundation publish vocational teaching and learning good practice case studies....
Friday, 24 January 2014
Ofsted calls for local authorities, local safeguarding children boards and DfE to work together to better understand private fostering....
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Ofsted seeks views on how childminder agencies should be inspected....
Thursday, 16 January 2014
The inspection was carried out because of concerns about low outcomes for young people in the borough....
Monday, 06 January 2014
Ofsted has published the outcome letter of its inspection of Wakefield council’s support for school improvement and finds it ineffective....
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Foreign Secretary responds to Jimmy Lai sentencing
Natural England Beavers to be released in South West England in coming weeks
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Bluetongue: latest situation
Valuation Office Agency Deadline for challenging your business rates valuation
Department of Health and Social Care Targeted financial support for aspiring social workers