AC-2025-LON-001542 - [2025] EWHC 2891 (Admin)

Fecha: 05-Nov-2025

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Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 2891 (Admin)

Case No: AC-2025-LON-001542

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

KING'S BENCH DIVISION

ADMINISTRATIVE COURT

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 05/11/2025

Before :

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE SAINI

Between :

THE KING

on the application of

(1) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEAD TEACHERS

(2) BARBARA MIDDLETON

Claimants

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(1) OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION, CHILDREN’S SERVICES AND SKILLS (OFSTED)

(2) HIS MAJESTY’S CHIEF INSPECTOR OF EDUCATION, CHILDREN’S SERVICES AND SKILLS

Defendants

Hugh Southey KC and Ben Silverstone (instructed by Ronald Fletcher Baker LLP) for the Claimants

Sir James Eadie KC and Tim Johnston and Grant Kynaston (instructed by Ofsted Legal Services) for the Defendants

Hearing date: 3 November 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 4.30pm on Wednesday 5 November 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

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THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE SAINI

Mr Justice Saini :