How did Ofsted grades for overall effectiveness relate to the four sub-judgments?
With grades for overall effectiveness no longer being published following inspection, we look into whether grades for sub-judgments differed from the overall grade.
What do Ofsted and speed dating have in common?
Are inspectors' judgments influenced by the previous judgments they made?
Why don’t we know more about the consistency and reliability of Ofsted inspections?
Reflections on why the evidence base on the consistency and reliability of Ofsted inspections remains so thin.
Do schools that employ an Ofsted inspector get better inspection grades?
All the key points from new research into whether schools that employ an Ofsted inspector have an advantage in inspections
Are LA schools more likely to get top Ofsted ratings than academies?
It's difficult to fairly compare academies and LA schools. But we've given it a go.
Are Ofsted inspections helpful for choosing secondary schools?
Ofsted argue that inspections support school choice. But can this be true if some schools haven't been inspected for several years?
What is the joint impact of all the characteristics of Ofsted inspectors that we examine?
This post is the fourth in a five part series on Ofsted inspections.
The relationship between Ofsted judgements and inspection team size
This post is the third in a five part series on Ofsted inspections.
How do Ofsted inspection judgements vary between OIs and HMIs?
This post is the second in a five part series on Ofsted inspections.
Do Ofsted inspection outcomes differ between male and female inspectors?
This post is the first in a five part series on Ofsted inspections.