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A wishlist for better Ofsted school inspections

Letters: Roger Nichols says teachers’ needs must also be recognised, while Frank Coffield says the new model of inspection must be collaborative. Plus a letter from Karen Lewton

The Guardian - UK

It’s all cisterns go for the modern home

Brief letters: Kevin McCloud | Book lice | Heart symbols | Ofsted gradings | Medicinal properties of Guinness

The Guardian - UK

There’s no guarantee of a rose garden on the road to recovery

Letters: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Ofsted reform | Trollope’s bottled porter | Guinness while giving blood | Boxing Day menu

The Guardian - UK

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Good riddance. Ofsted’s one-word ranking system for schools never made any sense

‘Outstanding, ‘good’, ‘requires improvement’ … none of the labels meant what they were supposed to. But so much depended on them, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Ofsted grading change is putting 'feelings' above 'facts', says Britain's strictest headteacher

‘Abolishing judgments because of leaders feeling bad is a nod in the wrong direction. It is an indulgence of the tyranny of feelings being more important than facts’ - Katharine Birbalsingh

Evening Standard

We wanted a serious government: now we have one. But a little Rayner-like joy wouldn’t go amiss

There’s only so much doom and gloom the public can take – and with three uplifting announcements, Labour finally seems to realise this, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Ofsted reforms to focus on inclusion, behaviour and attendance

Far-reaching reforms aim to support most vulnerable children and ‘recognise growing challenges facing education’

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian view on one-word Ofsted reports: good riddance

Editorial: Reductive inspections symbolised a punitive and morale-sapping approach to schools. Labour is right to ditch them

The Guardian - UK

Ofsted one-word grading scrapped, now what? ...The Standard podcast

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Evening Standard

Ofsted: what scrapping single-word inspection grades will mean for teachers

The government has announced that Ofsted, the schools inspectorate, will no longer give schools a headline grade of outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate.

The Conversation

‘Always ludicrous’: three views on the end of Ofsted single-word ratings

A parent, a teacher and a former schools inspector give their opinion of landmark government decision for England

The Guardian - UK

Ofsted: Labour scraps single-word grades – here’s what this means for schools

Single headline judgements will be replaced with a more “comprehensive” system

The Independent UK

Ofsted one-word grades scrapped: How ratings will look now as Ruth Perry's family hails changes

Parents will no longer see overall ratings for schools in England of 'Outstanding', 'Good', 'Requires Improvement' or 'Inadequate'

Evening Standard

Starmer rejects Badenoch’s claim Labour is ‘clueless’ and urges Tories to apologise for the ‘mess they made’ – as it happened

PM says he will not take lectures from previous government as Kemi Badenoch launches Tory leadership campaign

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Share your reaction to the scrapping of Ofsted single-word school ratings in England

We would like to hear from teachers and parents about the changes to the single-word Ofsted judgments

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Ofsted single-word school ratings to be scrapped immediately

Labour announces end of high-stakes judgments, to be replaced by report cards that grade schools in four categories

The Guardian - UK

‘Landmark moment’: Ruth Perry family campaign ends single-word Ofsted reports

Changes to school inspection regime will be brought in after family of 53-year-old headteacher fought for reform

The Independent UK

One-word Ofsted ratings for schools scrapped with immediate effect after Ruth Perry’s suicide

The government says the change, which follows the suicide of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023, needed to reduce the high stakes for schools

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The Conversation

Teachers in England receive 5.5% pay award – here’s what else needs to be done to keep them in schools

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has accepted recommendations made by the independent School Teachers’ Review Body, giving teachers in England a pay rise of 5.5% from autumn 2024.

The Guardian - UK

Headteacher paid damages in disability discrimination case against Ofsted

Exclusive: Schools watchdog refused Kelly Vaughan’s request to defer inspection after MS symptoms relapse

The Conversation

Why provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities is broken in England – and how to fix it

The capacity of the education sector to meet the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities is broken, according to education secretary Bridget Phillipson.

The Independent UK

Woman charged with 25 counts of child abuse at Twickenham nursery

Exclusive: Roksana Lecka has been charged with 12 counts of child cruelty, 12 of actual bodily harm and one of attempted grievous bodily harm

The Guardian - UK

Inquiry into headteacher’s suicide says ‘macho culture’ of inspections must end

Independent inquiry into death of Ruth Perry after Ofsted inspection says ‘public excoriation of individuals’ must stop

The Guardian - UK

Ampleforth inquiry finds alleged serious abuse against pupils in last 10 years

Allegations about monks and staff at North Yorkshire private school were shared with Charity Commission

The Independent UK

Schools watchdog faces existential crisis and urgent reform is needed, say ex-inspectors

More than nine in 10 poll respondents oppose single-phrase judgments such as ‘inadequate’

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