Ofsted

Ofsted enacts ‘contingency plan’ as inspection notes software glitches again

Inspectors adjusting to new framework will have to follow 'alternative processes' when inspections resume in January

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Colleges, Exams

Ofqual fines Pearson £2m for GCSE resit and other exam rule breaches

Exam board apologises after breaches affected tens of thousands of students

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

High Court rejects NAHT’s Ofsted report card judicial review plea

Leaders' union 'will now consider an appeal' and will consult members about possibility of moving to industrial action

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Nudge unit calls for ‘eye-catching’ national Ofsted inspection survey

Behavioural Insights Team also urges watchdog to 'emphasise' how to reduce the formality of conversations in inspector training

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Staff

Government promises details of 6,500-teacher manifesto pledge

DfE will publish a full delivery plan by December

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Staff

Handover of £233m teachers’ pensions contract to Tata delayed

Capita's passing over of contract it ran for almost 30 years postponed from October to next summer

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Missed inspection targets and 5 more findings from Ofsted’s annual report

Ofsted's staff are also less happy this year, and turnover rates remain above civil service targets

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Schools and colleges ‘need more funding’ to hit 2030 tech target

'The lack of technology infrastructure is a problem', says union

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofqual

Ofqual probe finds exam extra time figures wrong for years

'We are correcting the record as soon as possible', regulator says

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks