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Inspectorates slam youth offending agencies for resettlement failings

Friday, March 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Probation, education and health inspectors have criticised poor-quality support for young offenders when released from custody.

NDNA urges early years expertise in new school inspection framework

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Friday, October 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has warned that the move to a single inspection framework covering all education provision must not lead to further "schoolification" of the early years.

Weak leadership undermining pupil premium, warns Ofsted

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Weak school leadership is scuppering attempts through the pupil premium to narrow the attainment gap of poor children, an Ofsted report claims.

Wilshaw urges councils to show 'relevance' to improving school standards

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Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has warned local authorities are "drinking in the last chance saloon" when it comes to leading school improvement.

Ofsted chief blames early years providers for school readiness failings

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has blamed early years providers for failing to adequately prepare disadvantaged children for school.

Schools set for separate early years rating

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has launched a consultation on plans to introduce a separate rating covering early years care in schools.

Daily roundup: School inspections, child protection and mental health

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Minister calls for Ofsted to inspect academy chains; serious case review finds health services missed chances to refer baby to social workers; and new standards for managing anxiety published, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Free school meals, pupil places and child protection

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Thursday, December 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Government revises up the number of children to receive free school meals; £2.35bn to fund more school places; and investigation launched into police handling of allegations against convicted paedophile, all in the news today.

Councils must be given academy intervention powers, says LGA

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

| CYP Now

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the government to give local authorities the power to tackle poorly performing academies and free schools.

Norfolk vows to tackle "legacy of underachievement" in schools

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Friday, July 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Norfolk County Council has pledged to strengthen its support for local schools in response to an Ofsted report that slated its work in the area as "ineffective".

Daily roundup: Risky play, teacher death inquest, Welsh measles vaccinations

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Boarding School Association says children need risk; hanged teacher had inspection concerns, and Welsh agencies launch MMR vaccination campaign, all in the news today.

Ofsted to raise the bar for outstanding schools

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

| CYP Now

More than 1,000 schools across England could face a review of their Ofsted rating after chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw pledged to impose "demanding criteria" on outstanding ratings.

Ofsted ditches 'satisfactory' rating for schools

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to scrap its "satisfactory" grade for schools and replace it with a new "requires improvement" rating.

Ofsted unveils plans to scrap school inspection notifications

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Teaching unions have reacted angrily to plans to stop giving schools advance notice of impending Ofsted inspections from September this year.

Education Bill receives Royal Assent

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Legislation that gives teachers the power to search pupils, entitles all disadvantaged two-year-olds to free early education and gives the Education Secretary powers to close down underperforming schools has received Royal Assent.

Ofsted reports increase in 'excellent' children's services

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Monday, November 7, 2011

| CYP Now

More local authorities are providing excellent services for children this year, the latest annual round-up of Ofsted assessments has found.

Sir Michael Wilshaw named as Ofsted chief

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Friday, October 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed that head teacher of Mossbourne Academy Sir Michael Wilshaw is set to be the next chief inspector of Ofsted.

Ofsted lauds federated school system

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Ofsted has praised the federated school system, saying it leads to dramatic improvement in pupil achievement and behaviour.

Ofsted introduces no-notice inspections for residential special schools

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to introduce no-notice inspections to check child welfare at boarding and residential special schools.

Ofsted targets school discipline with no-notice inspections

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to trial unannounced checks on schools that are judged as satisfactory but where behaviour is a weakness.

Ofsted survives calls for it to be split

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has rejected calls to split Ofsted into separate inspectorates covering education and social care.

Education for excluded pupils must be better monitored, says Ofsted

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Monday, June 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Alternative education providers should be required to register with the Department for Education (DfE) to make sure they are up to scratch, Ofsted has claimed.

Half of schools rated outstanding or good by new Ofsted inspections

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

| CYP Now

More than half of schools subject to Ofsted's new proportionate inspections have been judged good or outstanding.

Ofsted attacks standard of business courses

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Ofsted has criticised the standard of business and enterprise courses in schools, saying they are too narrow and leave students with little practical understanding of business.

MPs recommend Ofsted split

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Friday, April 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Ofsted should be split into two new organisations covering education and children's care, an influential group of MPs has recommended.

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Inspectorates slam youth offending agencies for resettlement failings

NDNA urges early years expertise in new school inspection framework

Weak leadership undermining pupil premium, warns Ofsted

Wilshaw urges councils to show 'relevance' to improving school standards

Ofsted chief blames early years providers for school readiness failings

Schools set for separate early years rating

Daily roundup: School inspections, child protection and mental health

Daily roundup: Free school meals, pupil places and child protection

Councils must be given academy intervention powers, says LGA

Norfolk vows to tackle "legacy of underachievement" in schools

Daily roundup: Risky play, teacher death inquest, Welsh measles vaccinations

Ofsted to raise the bar for outstanding schools

Ofsted ditches 'satisfactory' rating for schools

Ofsted unveils plans to scrap school inspection notifications

Education Bill receives Royal Assent

Ofsted reports increase in 'excellent' children's services

Sir Michael Wilshaw named as Ofsted chief

Ofsted lauds federated school system

Ofsted introduces no-notice inspections for residential special schools

Ofsted targets school discipline with no-notice inspections

Ofsted survives calls for it to be split

Education for excluded pupils must be better monitored, says Ofsted

Half of schools rated outstanding or good by new Ofsted inspections

Ofsted attacks standard of business courses

MPs recommend Ofsted split

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