A secondary school in Wiltshire that allegedly asked the mother of an autistic pupil to keep her son at home during an Ofsted inspection could face another visit
from the education watchdog.
But figures
from the education watchdog show the vast majority of inspections are carried out as part of Ofsted's own targeting of schools, either as part of a planned cycle or because of concerns about results or behaviour.
A new report
from education watchdog Ofsted has revealed that a fifth of England's secondary schools are concerned about «gang culture».
Not exact matches
The BHA contributes to debate on a wide range of ethical issues
from stem cell research to sex
education, and acts as a unique
watchdog and lobbying organisation.
A report last week
from the Citizens Budget Commission, a government finance
watchdog group, estimated that it would cost an additional $ 4 billion to the state's
education budget to fund pre-K.
In April,
education watchdog Ofsted credited this partnership with the Tennis Foundation and the LTA as being among the «pioneering» work which has helped to remove Rockwood Academy and Nansen Primary
from special measures.
The number of youths provided remedial
education increased
from 55,000 in 1986 to 112,000 in 1987, while spending for remediation expanded
from $ 37 million to $ 64 million, the Congressional
watchdog agency reported.
The handy reference guide «Ofsted Inspection Key Findings Quickbook» provides key information
from details published by the
education standards»
watchdog about dozens of providers across the country.
The congressional
watchdog agency, in a report dated Oct. 3 but released this month, surveyed 10 states that received the largest share of funding
from the abstinence
education grant program.
Education watchdog Erin Tuttle reports several shocking things she's found
from watching the conference committee proceedings and hounding lawmakers on her own time about this hush - hush bill.
The government statistics
watchdog has criticised a tweet
from the Department for
Education that claimed «white working class boys» performed better in grammar schools than in comprehensives.
The announcement
from England's
education watchdog will mean that inspectors will be managed in - house.
In response to a question
from the Liberal Democrat's
education spokesperson John Pugh, minister Edward Timpson said
education watchdog Ofsted has been asked to inspect the schools and prosecute, where necessary.
«There needs to be a further de-linking of test scores
from educational high - stakes decisions about students, teachers and schools,» says Robert Schaeffer, the public
education director of the
watchdog group Fair Test.
But Ofsted's report last year on provision for the most able pupils and a recent survey by the
watchdog on the effectiveness of the curriculum at Key Stage 3 gave Sir Michael «great cause for concern about the transition
from primary to secondary
education».
The analysis, done by the Center for Media and Democracy, a nonprofit liberal
watchdog and advocacy agency based in Wisconsin that tracks corporate influence on public policy, says that four companies — Pearson
Education, ETS (Educational Testing Service), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and McGraw - Hill — collectively spent more than $ 20 million lobbying in states and on Capitol Hill
from 2009 to 2014.»
Sir Michael Wilshaw, Chief Inspector of Schools in England and head of
education watchdog Ofsted, has told BBC Newsnight that schools and local authorities up and down the country should learn
from London and «draw a line» below underperformance.