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2nd Special Report - Extremism in schools: the Trojan Horse affair: Ofsted Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2014-15

Published 20 July 2015

Education Committee Extremism in Birmingham Schools Report on parliament.uk ↗

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The government's response

This document responds to 7th Report - Extremism in schools: the Trojan Horse affair.

This is the government's response, published 20 July 2015.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

Ofsted's response does not state agreement or disagreement with the Committee's conclusions, but sets out its view that sudden changes in governance and leadership affected the Birmingham schools and describes steps it is taking.

  • Ofsted says it "fiercely guards" its reputation as an independent inspectorate, and quotes the Chief Inspector's advice that "a culture of fear and intimidation has developed in some of the schools since their previous inspection".
  • Ofsted says it is "committed to ensuring that such drastic declines are identified as quickly as possible" and will continue to work with local authorities and the regional school commissioner.
  • From September 2015 Ofsted "will begin conducting shorter inspections of good schools every three years", so that signs of decline "can be spotted earlier", and it is bringing inspector contracts in-house.
  • Ofsted says it "will shortly publish an up dated overview" of the schools placed in special measures in 2014 and "will share this with the committee".

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