‘Wonderful’: Bolton nursery jumps from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’ in just four months
A Bolton preschool has turned itself around in record time, jumping from an Ofsted rating of ‘Inadequate’ to ‘Good’ in just four months.
Tameside nursery’s play area branded ‘unsafe’ and kids’ wellbeing at ‘significant’ risk
A Tameside nursery’s outdoor play area is so dangerous that the welfare and safety of the tots is at ‘significant’ risk, according to Ofsted after an inspection last month.
Top of the class: Man Uni’s ‘outstanding and innovative’ Teach First programme gets glowing Ofsted report
Ofsted’s recognition of the University of Manchester’s (UoM) Teach First programme as ‘outstanding’ has been described as ‘extremely pleasing’ by the director of the scheme.
Middleton academy worsens as quality of teaching hinders students, says Ofsted report
A Middleton secondary school has worsened from ‘good’ to ‘requiring improvement’ because of the quality of teaching, according to an Ofsted report.
Bolton primary school lauded for ‘robust’, ‘passionate’ and ‘successful’ improvements
A remarkable turnaround in the last two years has seen Bolton’s Castle Hill Primary School’s Ofsted report jump to an overall good rating from requiring improvement in all areas at the last inspection.
‘Over-generous’ evaluation and ‘ineffective’ leaders stop Crumpsall school progress
A Manchester primary school has been told it requires improvement after an Ofsted inspection found it had been given ‘overgenerous’ evaluations by the council.
Meet Manchester parents who bucked ‘strange’ trend and adopted kids over four
Just 20% of the children adopted in England last year were over four, even though parents said that over-fours are much less demanding to care for, according to a survey by First4Adoption.
Bolton nursery slammed as Ofsted find tots’ settings ‘do not meet legal requirements’
In the report, published on July 9, every aspect of the inspection criteria was downgraded and the report states the nursery ‘does not meet the legal requirements for early years settings’.
Ofsted: Manchester school’s disruptive students and low grades sign of poor teaching
Underachieving, absentee students, whose bad behaviour disrupts lessons and who lack understanding of how to keep safe in sexual relationships have seen a Manchester secondary school awarded the lowest possible rating by Ofsted.
Not so Happy Bears! Double whammy for Openshaw nursery slated by Ofsted AND Food Standards Agency
An Openshaw nursery has been dealt a double blow after being deemed ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted AND in need of ‘major improvement’ by the Food Standards Agency.
Manchester school drop-out crisis: It’s the teachers not the students quitting education
Pressure from universities to improve employability scores means too many newly qualified teachers taking the wrong jobs and then dropping out, says a Manchester teaching recruitment agency.