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Ofsted claims schools can’t predict inspection from websites

Ofsted claims schools can’t predict inspection from websites

Ofsted is ‘confident’ schools can no longer predict inspections based on downloads from their websites, despite a firm’s claim the practice still works. Schools Week exposed a loophole in 2023 that offered advance inspection notice to those who monitored downloads from their websites. Greenhouse School Websites provides a service which tracks activity patterns on hundreds of school websites to help predict when inspectors may visit. Source link

Ofsted chief criticised over inspection framework comparison

Ofsted chief criticised over inspection framework comparison

More from this theme Recent articles The head of Ofsted believes the fact that it issues more ‘needs attention’ grades than ‘requires improvement’ is evidence that the watchdog is raising standards, prompting criticism for comparing the new and old frameworks. When Martyn Oliver addresses the annual conference of leaders’ union ASCL in Liverpool this morning, he will criticise “the quiet curse of low expectations” and lay out how Ofsted’s new framework is setting a “more exacting” standard for education. “We are coming from a place where more than 90 per cent of schools were previously judged good or outstanding at their most recent inspection,” he will say. “But our job is to point out where expectations can and should be raised. The new report cards do this. “Take the ‘needs attention’ grade. We are seeing more schools receive this grade than the old ‘requires improvement’ because we are raising standards. We are being more exacting. I make no apologies for that.” But his comments about the system – put in place in response to the …

Faith school which has never passed Ofsted inspection fails again

Faith school which has never passed Ofsted inspection fails again

An independent faith school which has never met the independent school standards since opening has failed another inspection. Ahavas Torah Boys Academy in Manchester opened in 2014, and has failed nine Ofsted inspections in a row. During the latest inspection last month, Ofsted found that there has been “no notable developments” in the school’s personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education, with pupils continuing to be “poorly prepared for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life in British society”. Ofsted also found the school has “no careers programme”. As it noted during the previous inspection, the lack of work experience or “any other opportunities to learn about different career options”, meant pupils were “not able to make informed choices about their future pathway”. Ofsted also said there had been “little progress” developing pupils’ understanding of relationships and sex education (RSE), having previously found the school to not be providing an appropriate RSE programme. Jewish counter-extremism group Nahamu has demonstrated how the lack of relationships and sex education (RSE) in strictly orthodox Jewish schools means engaged …