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But Amanda Spielman, who was chief inspector of Ofsted until the end of 2023, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that parents “generally like the simplicity and clarity” of overall single ...
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.
The school gained Technology College status in 1998, [10] has received Ofsted inspection reports describing it as "outstanding", [3] and appeared on Ofsted's "honours list". [11] It has also received the following special recognitions: Schools Curriculum Award 2000 [12] Investor in People [12] [13]
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.
The 2008 Ofsted inspection outlined the school as having outstanding overall effectiveness, with constantly exceptional pupil achievement. [4] As of 2024, the school's most recent inspection was in 2022, with an outcome of Good. [5] The school opened a sixth form in September 2010. [6]
Where there is cause for concern the Department for Education may make an unannounced Additional Inspection, [12] and a Monitoring Visit to report on previous findings. [12] In 2018/19, ISI found 14.3 per cent (77 out of 537 inspections) of schools to be non-compliant with ‘the Standards’.
This was despite an interim Ofsted monitoring report in December 2021 indicating that the school was making rapid progress in addressing the areas of concern. [4] [5] The Ofsted inspection published in November 2024 reports the school as “Inadequate” for all sections except for Personal Development, which is “Requires Improvement”. [6]
An Ofsted inspection report in 2014 rated the school as "good", with an "excellent" capacity for sustained improvement. The report remarked on the school's "outstanding leadership" and the marked improvement in attendance since the last inspection in December 2007.