The reassurances have come from chief inspector Amanda Spielman in her latest commentary published on Monday (July 6).
Ofsted is due to restart its inspection work in schools from January – although has confirmed that this date will be “kept under review”.
However, this week Ms Spielman announced that it would be carrying out “visits” from September.
Headteachers have warned that the visits must not turn into “inspection by another name”. They have also warned that a return to full inspection in January risks being too early.
Details on how the “visits” will work are still patchy, but Ofsted says the plan is to work with education unions and to pilot the approach from September, with full roll-out in October.
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