The Latest Breaking News from Ofsted

Professor Julia Waters called on the Government and watchdog to take ‘urgent meaningful actions’.

Queen Emma head teacher Sarah Jarman said the inspection felt like ‘a wrecking ball had come through our school’.

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, will accuse the Government of ‘selling young people down the river’.

Relations between schools and the education watchdog have dramatically deteriorated since the death of headteacher Ruth Perry, who killed herself in January while waiting for an Ofsted report that downgraded her school to inadequate

The current inspection model ’causes unacceptable collateral damage’ to school leaders’ health, the president elect of the NAHT union will say.

Bramley Park Academy's was described as "exceptional" by inspectors

Members of the National Education Union took to pickets lines across the North East, with messages such as 'pay up' and 'fund our schools'

Some schools across the region will shut while others will be partially closed as teachers go on strike on April 27 in an ongoing dispute with the Government over pay

Editorial: There is little evidence that the current regime helps schools to improve – and plenty of evidence that a better system is needed

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In today’s newsletter: After the death of a headteacher and years of dissatisfaction with inspections, the schools watchdog is under pressure to changes its methods