Schools Like Yours – Updated with 2024 data
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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 topics emerge from 60,000 school inspection reports?
We use computational research methods to shed some light on the content of school inspection reports.
What do Ofsted and speed dating have in common?
Are inspectors' judgments influenced by the previous judgments they made?
How schools’ inspection outcomes changed under Amanda Spielman
More schools are now judged good than in 2017 although fewer are judged outstanding
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?