Community Care

MARCH 28, 2023

Perry’s death has now reignited an old debate about the appropriateness of Ofsted’s single-word grading system in education. Last week, Suffolk Primary Headteachers’ Association wrote an open letter calling for an end to one-word judgments, recommending instead that inspectors “outline areas for schools to work on”.

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The Guardian

JUNE 13, 2023

Amanda Spielman was quizzed by the education select committee over why Ofsted had rated three Doncaster educational facilities run by the Hesley Group as “good” in 2019, despite evidence of a string of complaints and serious incidents going back to 2015. Continue reading.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Amanda Spielman warns ‘there is a minority of children who sadly are safer in school than out of it’ The head of the Ofsted schools inspectorate has said England risks a repeat of cases such as Arthur Labinjo-Hughes , the six-year-old abused and murdered in his own home last year, if schools and social services are disrupted by future lockdowns.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Publishing her annual report on Tuesday, Ofsted’s chief inspector, Amanda Spielman, said the Covid pandemic continued to “cast a long shadow” over children’s education and social care, and despite teachers’ best efforts, recovery was “far from complete”. Continue reading.

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