Inspection
The latest news, analysis and opinion on inspections at schools in the UK and overseas, from updates to inspection frameworks and guidance on how to prepare
Monday
29th Jan 2024
Ofsted must ‘ensure inspectors have expertise’
Cross-bench MPs’ committee is calling on the watchdog to ‘rebuild trust’ and ‘make major changes to school inspections’
![MPs have called on Ofsted to ensure inspectors have experience of the school they are inspecting.](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-01/Ofsted_experience2.jpg?itok=H9qQ2sr5)
Ofsted must change to win back sector’s trust
Commons Education Select Committee chair Robin Walker explains why evidence from its hearings into Ofsted made it clear that inspections have to evolve
![The message is clear - Ofsted must change](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-01/Robin%20Walker2.jpg?itok=_85_XU2d)
Friday
26th Jan 2024
Ofsted could assess inclusion performance
Inspectorate’s new director of education Lee Owston questions whether it is right that ‘some schools are more inclusive than others’
![School inspection inclusion](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-01/Ofsted_assessment.jpg?itok=pPKPN019)
Exclusive
Ofsted may probe MATs’ school improvement rate
Still ‘work to do’ to define the purpose that MAT inspection would serve, the Confederation of School Trusts has said
![Person with bubble level against wall](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-01/assessing.jpg?itok=iI-6TCv3)
4 ways policy can support school improvement
Making schools better is difficult, so we need system architecture that supports the process rather than hinders it, says Steve Rollett
![4 ways policy can support school improvement](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-01/Pillars%20Support.jpg?itok=A1L_AUjT)
Friday
19th Jan 2024
Independent probe into Ofsted Ruth Perry response
Ofsted is also launching a policy to pause school inspections if it is thought that a headteacher needs additional support
![Ofsted probe](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-01/Ofsted-probe2.jpg?itok=7R-8WdH9)
Ofsted Ruth Perry coroner response: all you need to know
The watchdog has published its response to a coroner’s warning that there was a risk of future deaths unless action was taken on school inspection
![Ofsted Ruth Perry coroner response: all you need to know](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-01/Martyn%20Oliver%20Ofsted_0.jpg?itok=_7sqZ3zT)
Thursday
18th Jan 2024
Weekly round-up: Tasks teachers shouldn’t do and the end of PRP
Tes’ education news round-up this week includes a list of tasks teachers should not have to perform and the withdrawal of the performance-related pay requirement
![Deck of cards round up](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-01/ROUND-UP-reinserts.jpg?itok=h7r1YZiA)
40% persistently absent in some Welsh secondaries
An Estyn report on the secondary school attendance crisis in Wales says the level of variation between schools is a ‘notable concern’
![Empty chair](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-01/Welsh-attendance.jpg?itok=W83nRVPR)
Wednesday
17th Jan 2024
How many schools are there in the UK?
Find the latest data on the number of UK schools, plus details on governing bodies, curriculums, inspections and more
![How many schools are there in the UK?](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-01/School%20Number.jpg?itok=RWIIX0OA)
School leaders demand ungraded inspections
Watchdog should put graded inspections on hold until it implements reforms and should also drop single-word judgements, an NAHT survey finds
![Pencil rubbing out the word 'stress'](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-01/Ungraded-stress.jpeg?itok=15La06dT)