#Ofsted

Really interesting stuff from @wesstreeting at the @SSA_Show. He says nobody in their right mind wants Ofsted to return to routine inspection in January. 1/3https://www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-nobody-their-right-mind-wants-ofsted-january A
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Ofsted has taken action against Foster Care Associates, one of the biggest for-profit foster care agencies in the UK, because of serious concerns over the safety of children in care.
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Another day, another scandal in a privately-owned children's home. Ofsted has shut down this home in Wolverhampton run by Osei Minkah Care Ltd because of the dangers it presents to
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The criminalisation of children in care at this privately-owned children's home in Wiltshire must stop. Now. https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50153083 This is an Esland Ltd home, which is always a red flag. Staff
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Watch the response when Ofsted starts rocking up and giving grades again after all this. Will be like a perfect storm: schools in most deprived areas who for years had
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Life inside a (privately-owned) children's home: 1st time I have seen an Ofsted report make such an explicit reference to the improper, unauthorised physical restraint of vulnerable children. Concerns over
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ICYMI: @Ofstednews annual report kept the @tes news team busy yesterday! The truncated version: 1. First we had a warning about "poor phonics teaching’". Schools were urged not to "explain'"
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Important work here from Ofsted on identifying what elements are included within good matching in foster care. Delighted that our advisory group was able to support with this research too:
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This children's home in Oldham, run by Cambian, one of the biggest private companies. Ofsted inspectors visited because of a small fire. What they actually found is just awful. 1/
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A @tes story thread on 2021's latest but probably not last education U-turn. This time it's Ofsted and its now abandoned plan to send inspectors into schools at the height
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Well, here's the latest status update from Ampleforth College to parents. It has some interesting turns of phrase. For instance they are working "to understand and address" the concerns of
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I see Wes Streeting has piped up about Ofsted. Unlike the honourable Member for braying overconfidence, I have experienced Ofsted, and I’m going to tell you why it’s a waste
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A privately-owned foster care agency called All4U Fostering has won a contract with a group of local authorities worth up to £400 million. That's a lot of foster care for
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As I predicted in my blog on 30 November, Ampleforth College is *not* going to appeal the Enforcement Notice issued by DfE. At least, not for now.https://twitter.com/JonathanWest_/status/1333552139692552195 The school wrote
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Ofsted new guide to what works in remote learning is very clear that live video teaching is not a requirement, nor is it always the best way to teach. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/whats-working-well-in-remote-education/whats-w
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Have long argued that the slowly-growing professional revolt over Ofsted ( #PauseOfsted etc) was a channelled version of Brexity frustrations applied to the structural inequalities of education Brexit, more than
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