The watchdog’s new chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw argued that "the time is now right" to make all school inspections unannounced.
"Ofsted has been moving towards a position of unannounced school inspection over a period of years," he said. "I believe the time is now right for us to take that final step and make sure that for every school we visit inspectors are seeing schools as they really are in the corridors, classrooms and staff room."
Ofsted already conducts some unannounced school inspections – for example where particular concerns are raised about a school. The watchdog also carries out no-notice inspections of local authority safeguarding services, among others.
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