Ofsted
Coverage of Ofsted in the Nexus archive.
- UK school with hundreds of Muslim students evacuated after bomb threat
A UK school in Birmingham with 450 Muslim students was evacuated after receiving a bomb threat via email. Police searched the school and declared it safe, with the threat also copied to schools regulator Ofsted. An NGO highlighted the lack of public reaction to the incident, urging it to be treated as a hate crime.
- Ofsted drops ‘clumsy’ and ‘offensive’ guidance linking autism and extremism
Ofsted, the education safeguarding body in England, removed guidance linking autism and extremism after criticism from celebrity campaigners including Chris Packham. An updated training document no longer references children with autism, as confirmed by an education minister.
- Ofsted inspections pushing headteachers to ‘point of destruction’, union chief says
The head of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) claims Ofsted inspections in England are pushing school leaders to 'the point of destruction' and failing to improve standards. Paul Whiteman criticized the 'Nando’s-style' scoring system during a speech at the union's annual conference in Belfast.