Opinion

Ofsted reports require improvement

Quality checking of Ofsted reports is not robust – they are far too variable in both form and content,...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

Ofsted watch: Poor start to the year for FE colleges

No college inspection report to have been published by the education watchdog since the beginning of the year has...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
Opinion

How we challenged an Ofsted report and won

Sometimes it’s worth challenging an Ofsted report, says John Evans. One of the many dilemmas that principals must struggle...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

The continuing QAR fiasco

Colleges need to insist they are given the right data to make meaningful quality judgements about their own performance,...

Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor
Opinion

Ofsted should be congratulated for admitting its mistake

Ofsted should be congratulated for admitting that it got it wrong with the wording of important extracts of its...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

‘Large-scale incident’ exposes college safeguarding failures in inadequate Ofsted report

Epping Forest College has been rated ‘inadequate’ across-the-board, in an Ofsted report out today that warned of safeguarding failings...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Chartered Institution for Further Education appoints new chief executive

The Chartered Institution for Further Education has appointed Dan Wright as its new chief executive officer, with plans for...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Exclusive: Ofsted wants key degree apprenticeship inspection role

Talks have begun between Ofsted and the government over extending the inspectorate’s remit to cover degree apprenticeships. Paul Joyce,...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Breaking: Ofsted annual report says GCSE English and maths resit policy is failing

Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has said the GCSE English and maths resit policy is not working as the...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke