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The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament.Ofsted's role is to make sure that organisations providing education, training and childcare services in England do so to a high standard for children and students.
In November 2020, Vanessa Ward was appointed as Chief Inspector and CEO of ISI, [2] following endorsement by the Secretary of State for Education, on the recommendation of the ISI board. She previously led inspections in the state and independent sectors as one of Her Majesty's Inspectors for Ofsted .
Since August 2020, she has been Chair of the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted). Having worked as a teacher between 1976 and 1993, she was then an Ofsted inspector from 1993 to 2009, and Chief Inspector and CEO of the Independent Schools Inspectorate from 2005 to 2017.
One of his first acts in the role of chief inspector was to announce that Ofsted inspectors would receive training around mental health, following the findings of an inquest into the January 2023 death of headteacher Ruth Perry. [4] From 2016 to 2023 he was the Chief Executive and Accounting Officer of Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT).
An Ofsted inspection in May 2012 judged the school to be Grade 2, a rating of Good. Lead inspector Michael Miller said: "The proportion of students achieving, and currently on track to achieve, five or more higher grade GCSE passes, including English and Mathematics, is above average.
Sir Michael Wilshaw (born 3 August 1946) was the Chief Inspector of Schools in England and head of Ofsted from 2012 until 2016.. A teacher by profession, he is a former headteacher of St Bonaventure's and Mossbourne Community Academy, and was briefly interim Headmaster and later executive principal of JFS.
The Education (Schools) Act 1992 (c. 38) set up a system of school inspections by the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted). The reports written by independent inspection teams and published by Ofsted are made public and the inspections are carried out according to a National Framework to ensure consistency across the country.
Gilbert became HM Chief Inspector on 1 October 2006, replacing Maurice Smith. One of her key briefs was to oversee the expansion of Ofsted's remit from April 2007 to include the inspection of children's social services, adult learning and aspects of court administration, as this relates to children.