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- initialism Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills: the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England (HMCI)
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Ofsted, which is supposedly going to police this new Muslim/Christian inspectorate, is hopeless; having progressively emasculated its inspection processes generally, it has already failed to identify Islamic extremism in the Muslim schools it inspects (see the evidence revealed in the recent Policy Exchange report of the bigoted teaching materials used at the King Fahad academy in west London, to which Ofsted gave a clean bill of health).
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Ofsted, which is supposedly going to police this new Muslim/Christian inspectorate, is hopeless; having progressively emasculated its inspection processes generally, it has already failed to identify Islamic extremism in the Muslim schools it inspects (see the evidence revealed in the recent Policy Exchange report of the bigoted teaching materials used at the King Fahad academy in west London, to which Ofsted gave a clean bill of health).
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Ofsted, which is supposedly going to police this new Muslim/Christian inspectorate, is hopeless; having progressively emasculated its inspection processes generally, it has already failed to identify Islamic extremism in the Muslim schools it inspects (see the evidence revealed in the recent Policy Exchange report of the bigoted teaching materials used at the King Fahad academy in west London, to which Ofsted gave a clean bill of health).
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The website will use the assessments of watchdogs such as Ofsted to collaborate the information, and will highlight the best and worst areas.
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The website will use the assessments of watchdogs such as Ofsted to collaborate the information, and will highlight the best and worst areas.
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• An interviewee was quoted as saying that Ofsted, the education regulator, requires colleges of further education "to have a certain amount of financial surplus" to ensure continued viability.
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Ofsted says that while its inspectors look at financial planning and stability, Ofsted does not require some level of surplus Are colleges cutting more jobs than they need to?
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In 2007, the school inspectorate Ofsted said history teaching placed "too great a focus on a relatively small number of issues" and that too few pupils gained an overview.
History lessons are becoming a thing of the past, teachers warn Michael Gove 2011
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• We incorrectly reported that an Ofsted survey found 16% of childcare providers were judged to be inadequate and closed down after an inspection One in six nurseries and childminders 'inadequate', 10 February, page 7.
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The Office for Standards in Education Ofsted says school trips can "contribute significantly to the raising of standards".
School trips to museums are a thing of the past as budget cuts bite 2011
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