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Mama Bear’s Nursery in South Bristol praised by inspectors

It won paludits from inspectors The Mama Bear’s nursery along Wells Road (Image: Google Maps Street View )…
#Bristol #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #Clifton #Education #Fishponds #GreatBritain #ofsted #SouthBristol #Totterdown #Whitchurch
https://www.europesays.com/uk/968078/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/968078/ Mama Bear’s Nursery in South Bristol praised by inspectors #Bristol #Britain #Clifton #Education #England #Fishponds #GreatBritain #ofsted #SouthBristol #Totterdown #UK #UnitedKingdom #Whitchurch

Staple Hill pre-school told to make urgent improvements as children at ‘significant risk of harm’

A new Ofsted report has delivered a scathing verdict Little Sheep Pre-School is based at Staple Hill Methodist…
#Bristol #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #Education #GreatBritain #ofsted #SouthGloucestershire #StapleHill
https://www.europesays.com/uk/955929/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/955929/ Staple Hill pre-school told to make urgent improvements as children at ‘significant risk of harm’ #Bristol #Britain #Education #England #GreatBritain #ofsted #SouthGloucestershire #StapleHill #UK #UnitedKingdom

https://theconversation.com/a-life-and-death-matter-understanding-how-ofsted-inspections-risk-suicidal-thoughts-in-teachers-278478. Let's get rid of #Ofsted, shall we? I believe that will be in the next @thegreenparty #GeneralElection #manifesto, @ZackPolanski, & I welcome that.

https://theconversation.com/a-life-and-death-matter-understanding-how-ofsted-inspections-risk-suicidal-thoughts-in-teachers-278478. Let's get rid of #Ofsted, shall we? I believe that will be in the next @thegreenparty #GeneralElection #manifesto, @ZackPolanski, & I welcome that.

https://theconversation.com/a-life-and-death-matter-understanding-how-ofsted-inspections-risk-suicidal-thoughts-in-teachers-278478. Let's get rid of #Ofsted, shall we? I believe that will be in the next @thegreenparty #GeneralElection #manifesto, @ZackPolanski, & I welcome that.

https://theconversation.com/a-life-and-death-matter-understanding-how-ofsted-inspections-risk-suicidal-thoughts-in-teachers-278478. Let's get rid of #Ofsted, shall we? I believe that will be in the next @thegreenparty #GeneralElection #manifesto, @ZackPolanski, & I welcome that.

https://theconversation.com/a-life-and-death-matter-understanding-how-ofsted-inspections-risk-suicidal-thoughts-in-teachers-278478. Let's get rid of #Ofsted, shall we? I believe that will be in the next @thegreenparty #GeneralElection #manifesto, @ZackPolanski, & I welcome that.

Ofsted praise for Kirkstall Valley Primary School

By John Baron Kirkstall Valley Primary School lives up to its motto of being ‘a small school with…
#Leeds #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #GreatBritain #kirkstall #KirkstallValleyPrimarySchool #ofsted
https://www.europesays.com/uk/934500/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/934500/ Ofsted praise for Kirkstall Valley Primary School #Britain #England #GreatBritain #kirkstall #KirkstallValleyPrimarySchool #Leeds #ofsted #UK #UnitedKingdom

Ofsted inspections pushing headteachers to ‘point of destruction’, union chief says https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/01/ofsted-inspections-destruction-criticised-union-head-paul-whiteman-naht #Teaching #TeachersWorkload #Ofsted #Schools #Education #England #UkNews #SpecialEducationalNeeds #PrimarySchools #SecondarySchools

Ofsted inspections pushing headteachers to ‘point of destruction’, union chief says https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/01/ofsted-inspections-destruction-criticised-union-head-paul-whiteman-naht #Teaching #TeachersWorkload #Ofsted #Schools #Education #England #UkNews #SpecialEducationalNeeds #PrimarySchools #SecondarySchools

Ofsted inspections pushing headteachers to ‘point of destruction’, union chief says https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/01/ofsted-inspections-destruction-criticised-union-head-paul-whiteman-naht #Teaching #TeachersWorkload #Ofsted #Schools #Education #England #UkNews #SpecialEducationalNeeds #PrimarySchools #SecondarySchools

Ofsted inspections pushing headteachers to ‘point of destruction’, union chief says https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/01/ofsted-inspections-destruction-criticised-union-head-paul-whiteman-naht #Teaching #TeachersWorkload #Ofsted #Schools #Education #England #UkNews #SpecialEducationalNeeds #PrimarySchools #SecondarySchools

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/apr/02/neu-leader-schools-running-on-empty-challenges-labour-education-record. "The leader of the UK’s biggest #education #union has torn into the government’s record on #schools, accusing #Labour of letting down the nation’s #children & failing to deliver on its promises for education... On Monday the #Green party leader, Zack #Polanski, received a standing ovation on the conference stage after he promised radical change, including the abolition of #Ofsted, a 'serious cash injection' into schools & an end to academisation."

NEU leader says schools ‘running on empty’ as he challenges Labour on education record https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/apr/02/neu-leader-schools-running-on-empty-challenges-labour-education-record #Education #TradeUnions #Labour #GreenParty #Politics #UkNews #ZackPolanski #BridgetPhillipson #Ofsted

The failing nursery where Manchester academics' children are expected to write before knowing how to use a pencil

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/university-manchester-nursery-dryden-street-33684393

The failing nursery where Manchester academics' children are expected to write before knowing how to use a pencil

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/university-manchester-nursery-dryden-street-33684393

I like how Zack is winning over the old Labour voting blocs one by one.
The horror of having only a two party system and both teams are locked into a death spiral with no third party to jump to.
Good luck to Canada and their third party, the only way is up from where it was!

#Politics #ZackPolanski #Greens #GreenParty #Education #Ofsted #UKPol #UKpolitics

Short tempers and legal threats: UK teachers report rise in problem parents https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/mar/13/teachers-mental-heath-parents-behaviour-education #Teaching #Schools #TeachersWorkload #TradeUnions #ParentsAndParenting #Ofsted #Education #UkNews

Proud moment.
I had to fill out a 'parent view' government form for my kid's school's ofsted inspection this week.
There were a lot of boxes to tick - ticked em. But then there was an empty box to fill in with views, so I wrote a bunch of positive things about my kid's experience at the school - and a final negative thing about there not being enough teachers due to the national crisis. Topped it off with 'abolish ofsted'.

#Education #Teaching #Schools #AbolishOfsted #Ofsted

Schools in England should be phone-free all day, education secretary says https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jan/26/education-secretary-mobile-phone-ban-england-schools-ofsted #Schools #MobilePhones #ConsumerAffairs #Money #Education #PrimarySchools #SecondarySchools #Teaching #England #UkNews #Ofsted #ChildrensHealth #MentalHealth #Society #Health #ParentsAndParenting #Family #LifeAndStyle #BridgetPhillipson #Politics

Schools in England should be phone-free all day, education secretary says https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jan/26/education-secretary-mobile-phone-ban-england-schools-ofsted #Schools #MobilePhones #ConsumerAffairs #Money #Education #PrimarySchools #SecondarySchools #Teaching #England #UkNews #Ofsted #ChildrensHealth #MentalHealth #Society #Health #ParentsAndParenting #Family #LifeAndStyle #BridgetPhillipson #Politics

Wielka Brytania idzie na wojnę z algorytmami. Rząd chce odciąć 16-latków od social mediów

To, o czym eksperci od zdrowia psychicznego alarmowali od lat, wreszcie materializuje się w formie przepisów. Po tym, jak w grudniu 2025 roku Australia wprowadziła pierwszy na świecie zakaz korzystania z mediów społecznościowych dla młodzieży, Londyn mówi: „sprawdzam”. Choć to na razie tylko konsultacje, polityczny kurs Brytyjczyków wydaje się jasny.

Jak informuje BBC, brytyjski rząd oficjalnie rozpoczyna konsultacje nad wprowadzeniem analogicznego zakazu dla osób poniżej 16. roku życia. Cel jest jeden: przerwać pętlę uzależnienia.

Szkoła „domyślnie” bez telefonu

Plan rządu Partii Pracy, przedstawiony przez Sekretarz ds. Technologii Liz Kendall, jest dwutorowy. Po pierwsze: bezwzględna granica wieku. Trzymiesięczne konsultacje mają odpowiedzieć na pytanie, jak skutecznie weryfikować wiek użytkowników i odciąć najmłodszych od cyfrowych platform.

Po drugie: szkoła wolna od smartfona. To nie ma być już tylko dobra wola dyrektora. Ofsted (brytyjski odpowiednik kuratorium oświaty) otrzyma uprawnienia do kontrolowania polityki telefonicznej placówek. Oczekiwanie ministrów jest jasne: szkoły mają być strefami wolnymi od telefonów „z definicji”. Co więcej, nauczyciele otrzymają wytyczne, by nie używać prywatnych urządzeń w obecności uczniów, dając tym samym dobry przykład.

Głos matki i „bombardowanie algorytmami”

Za suchymi przepisami stoją ludzkie tragedie. Twarzą kampanii na rzecz zakazu stała się Esther Ghey, matka zamordowanej nastolatki Brianny Ghey. W poruszającym liście do premiera odrzuciła argument, jakoby social media były niezbędne dla „wrażliwych dzieci szukających swojej społeczności”.

„Jako rodzic niezwykle wrażliwego dziecka, zdecydowanie się z tym nie zgadzam” – pisze Ghey. „W przypadku Brianny media społecznościowe ograniczyły jej zdolność do wchodzenia w interakcje w świecie rzeczywistym. Miała prawdziwych przyjaciół, ale wybrała życie online”.

Wtóruje jej Catherine McKinnell, była minister ds. standardów szkolnych, która zwraca uwagę na mechanizm uzależnienia: „Dzieci nie powinny być bombardowane informacjami przesyłanymi przez algorytmy zaprojektowane tylko po to, by generować pieniądze dla firm technologicznych”.

Czy zakaz jest rozwiązaniem? Eksperci podzieleni

Choć politycy (zarówno rządząca Partia Pracy, jak i opozycyjni Konserwatyści) są w tej kwestii wyjątkowo zgodni, środowisko naukowe zachowuje sceptycyzm.

Organizacje takie jak NSPCC czy Childnet ostrzegają przed „fałszywym poczuciem bezpieczeństwa”. Argumentują, że twardy zakaz może zepchnąć młodzież do „podziemia” – na szyfrowane komunikatory czy do niszowych serwisów, gdzie nie ma żadnej moderacji. Profesor Amy Orben z Uniwersytetu w Cambridge zauważa wprost: „Wciąż nie ma silnych dowodów na to, że zakazy oparte na wieku są skuteczne”.

Co to oznacza dla nas?

Decyzja Wielkiej Brytanii może wywołać efekt domina w całej Europie. Jeśli Londyn wprowadzi te przepisy i – co ważniejsze – znajdzie techniczny sposób na ich egzekwowanie, presja na Unię Europejską (i polski rząd) będzie ogromna. Jesteśmy świadkami końca ery „Dzikiego Zachodu” w internecie. Pytanie tylko, czy budujemy płot, którego nie da się przeskoczyć, czy tylko taki, który zasłania dorosłym widok na problem.

Facebook to cybernowotwór, który toczy nasze umysły. Czas na radykalną chemioterapię, a nie pudrowanie gangreny [felieton]

The result of this will be that every #Reform MP will think they have a free pass now to demand to go into schools. If schools rebuff their requests, they will demand the same action that has been visited on this Bristol school - a snap #Ofsted inspection.

The short sightedness of #Starmer is breathtaking.

Kids moved out of children’s home slammed as ‘inadequate’ by watchdog

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/kids-moved-out-childrens-home-33113437

The latest Greater Manchester Ofsted inspections for schools, nurseries, colleges and councils

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/latest-ofsted-inspections-carried-out-33001079

OFSTED may have thought they'd addressed schools' concerns with the inspection process through (among other things) the abandonment of single word ratings but it now looks like they've not managed to gain the confidence of headteachers who are now looking to possibly strike over the new system.

The key problem here is not so much the reform(s) but the historic lack of confidence that schools have felt in OFSTED's inspection practice(s) & this remains.

#schools #OFSTED

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gzvygzrrro

Greater Manchester children's home slammed as 'unsafe and inadequate' after shock findings

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/greater-manchester-childrens-home-slammed-32792035

#Ofsted has praised Southern Rail’s driver apprenticeship scheme at #Selhurst, #London, awarding it a ‘good’ overall rating and highlighting ‘outstanding’ behaviours and attitudes. Inspectors noted the 135 apprentices flourish in a culture of positivity and mutual respect, have strong attendance, and feel safe and proud to work in the rail industry. Trainers were commended for skilfully structuring learning and using varied assessment methods, while leaders have improved teaching of functional skills. The scheme, part of Govia #Thameslink #Railway, was praised for producing well-rounded apprentices.
https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/govia-thameslink-railway/pressreleases/ofsted-highlights-outstanding-behaviours-and-attitudes-on-southerns-drivers-apprenticeship-scheme-3393351

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jun/10/ofsted-training-manual-criticised-autistic-children-extremism-prevent. Thanks a bunch for precisely NOTHING, #ofsted! Young people in the UK on the #autism spectrum face enough difficulties without you adding to them by labelling them all as potential "extremists", at a time when even Yvette Cooper is worried about the excessive numbers of youngsters being referred to #prevent.

Amanda Spielman was head of Ofsted, an organisation that only they themselves had any faith in. Ofsted failed for so long.
Her best contribution now would be to go volunteer in one of her local schools.
#OFSTED
#NEU
#schools

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgq9kdvv24ko

I should have been finishing off another review on my l #eurovision blog but today's #ofsted day has frankly whacked me out of kilter and taking it out on Marko from Croatia isn't fair. So that'll be out tomorrow x

OFSTED's proposal to change how results of schools' inspection are presented, are out for consultation but already have been quite heavily criticised.

A bigger issue is while the proposals present a change in messaging they do little to address the real problem of inspectors' behaviour & accountability the lie at the heart of much of the serious disquiet & complaints about OFSTED's conduct.

Until that is addressed, the rest is just window dressing!

#OFSTED #schools

https://theconversation.com/ofsted-report-cards-are-a-superficial-change-the-inspectorate-needs-a-culture-shift-249037

Here's Green Party spokesperson, Vix Lowthion on OFSTED, just in case the mainstream media have forgotten to quote them on the current arguments about reform of the assessment regime for schools.

#GreenParty #OFSTED #Schools

Green Party in the News!

#GreenParty #UKPOL #UKPolitics #Ofsted #Education

Instead of "Attention needed" and "causing concern", how about "Additional support needed" and "Significant support needed" because more support/funding is the only way to make these creaking services better.

#teaching #education #ofsted #uk

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/feb/03/ofsted-new-school-report-card-worse-than-old-system-say-headteachers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

OFSTED's shift from a single word judgement on inspections to an 8 item score card (assessing, achievement, leadership & governance, curriculum, developing teaching, personal development & wellbeing, attendance, behaviour & attitudes, and inclusion), with colour-coded indicators has not gone down quite as well as they might have hoped.

Critics in schools have immediately labelled this a Nandos approach (likening it to the hotness ranking at the restaurants).... oops

#schools #OFSTED
h/t FT

#OFSTED are inspecting my youngest daughter's high school tomorrow.

School emailed their letter at 7:40pm today. The deadline for submitting responses on OFSTED's web form is 11am tomorrow - and there's a 1000 character limit.

F- to OFSTED and school, it's just not bloody good enough.

Should I be surprised that human ballbag #MichaelGove who destroyed well run #Birmingham schools with #TrojanHorse racist #SatanicPanic also lauded #Mossbourne schools which got great #OFSTED reports while abusing and terrorizing teenage students until they soiled themselves or became suicidal?

Probably not.

#UkPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/nov/23/teachers-at-mossbourne-academy-in-hackney-screamed-at-and-humiliated-pupils-say-angry-parents

Colleges with top Ofsted grades tumble... Private providers have meanwhile seen a big uptick in results

#Ofsted #UKColleges #UKFEChat #colleges

https://feweek.co.uk/colleges-with-top-ofsted-grades-tumbles/

“Pupils enjoy their learning and achieve well at Rudheath Primary Academy and Nursery. This is because the school has high expectations of pupils and gives them the support that they need to be successful.”

#ofsted2024 @focustrust1 #ofsted

hmmm.. OFSTED's answer to criticism(s) of a single ranking for schools once inspected, is to use the same device, but across 10 schools' activities.

The 10 proposed areas of assessment are:
curriculum,
teaching,
achievement,
leadership,
behaviour & values,
attendance,
preparation for next steps,
opportunities to thrive,
inclusion & belonging, and safeguarding.

While this will provide a scorecard approach, the bigger issue remains the conduct of inspectors!

#OFSTED #schools
h/t FT

So found out my kid’s school have an #Ofsted inspection tomorrow…we were given less than 24hrs to complete a survey as parents.

I fear it’s come at the worst time for them because they have 5 classes having to relocate due to the roofs being neglected for decades (not RAAC, but unsafe lathe and plaster ceilings hidden by asbestos containing ceiling tiles).

Do any allowances get made if the school is currently in crisis mode due buildings?

Nearly all care homes closed for endangering children and vulnerable adults were profit-driven, study finds | Morning Star morningstaronline.co.uk/article/near... #CareHomes #ChildrensHomes #ForProfit #Safeguarding #Children #Disabled #Elderly #MentallyIll #CareQualityCommission #Ofsted .

Nearly all care homes closed for endangering children and vulnerable adults were profit-driven, study finds | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nearly-all-care-homes-closed-endangering-children-and-vulnerable-adults-were-profit

#CareHomes
#ChildrensHomes
#ForProfit
#Safeguarding
#Children
#Disabled
#Elderly
#MentallyIll
#Vulnerable
#CareQualityCommission
#Ofsted
#KeepOurNHSPublic
#DeptOfHealthAndSocialCare

Nearly all care homes closed for endangering children and vulnerable adults were profit-driven, study finds | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nearly-all-care-homes-closed-endangering-children-and-vulnerable-adults-were-profit

#CareHomes
#ChildrensHomes
#ForProfit
#Safeguarding
#Children
#Disabled
#Elderly
#MentallyIll
#Vulnerable
#CareQualityCommission
#Ofsted
#KeepOurNHSPublic
#DeptOfHealthAndSocialCare

Nearly all care homes closed for endangering children and vulnerable adults were profit-driven, study finds | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nearly-all-care-homes-closed-endangering-children-and-vulnerable-adults-were-profit

#CareHomes
#ChildrensHomes
#ForProfit
#Safeguarding
#Children
#Disabled
#Elderly
#MentallyIll
#Vulnerable
#CareQualityCommission
#Ofsted
#KeepOurNHSPublic
#DeptOfHealthAndSocialCare

Nearly all care homes closed for endangering children and vulnerable adults were profit-driven, study finds | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nearly-all-care-homes-closed-endangering-children-and-vulnerable-adults-were-profit

#CareHomes
#ChildrensHomes
#ForProfit
#Safeguarding
#Children
#Disabled
#Elderly
#MentallyIll
#Vulnerable
#CareQualityCommission
#Ofsted
#KeepOurNHSPublic
#DeptOfHealthAndSocialCare