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?
How do inspector characteristics link to short school inspection outcomes of primary schools?
This post is the last in a five part series on Ofsted inspections.
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.
The relationship between Progress 8 and inspection outcomes
Both inspection outcomes and Progress 8 scores are imperfect proxies of school quality. We examine how strongly they are related.
Previously outstanding secondary schools
104 previously outstanding secondary schools were re-inspected last year- and just 25% kept their outstanding rating.