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I was used as a scapegoat when Baby P died – Sunak’s attacks on social workers are dangerous

I lost my job and was vilified in the media. Social workers must stand up against baseless accusations, says former director of education and children’s social care Sharon Shoesmith

The Guardian - UK

Teachers 'live in fear' of Ofsted says union as it calls for watchdog to be scrapped

It follows the death of a headteacher who took her own life while awaiting an Ofsted report which downgraded her school from the highest possible rating to the lowest

Manchester Evening News

Furious mum claims son's needs means he's 'prisoner' at school 'babysitting' him

Katie Hattersley claims that her son Joe, 17, who attends Hazel Oak, in Solihull, an all-age special school, is being kept "prisoner" and gets little more than a "babysitting service"

Daily Mirror

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Nursery boss statement as all three Notts sites branded 'inadequate'

The WVDN group runs nurseries in Wollaton, Eastwood and Bramcote.

Nottingham Post

'Ofsted must go': Newcastle teacher leads calls for end to inspection regime which inspires 'genuine fear'

Martin Hudson led calls for the abolition of Ofsted at the NASUWT trade union conference

Chronicle Live

NASUWT members call for Ofsted abolition to end ‘reign of terror’

Conference accuses inspectorate of ‘mercilessly bullying’ teachers and follows NEU in calling for change

The Guardian - UK

Teachers want Ofsted’s ‘reign of terror’ abolished, union says

A motion at the NASUWT conference called for the inspection system to be abolished in its ‘current form’ and immediate inspections to be halted

Evening Standard

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Forklift driver quits to become director of his partner's company that has gone 'crazy'

The eyebrow gel was created by makeup artist Olivia who saw a gap in the market

Manchester Evening News

Eastwood nursery was suspended by Ofsted after inspectors found children at 'immediate risk'

Issues included staff being instructed to restrain children with emerging special educational needs

Nottingham Post

'Ofsted stress gave me a heart condition - but I won't give up on these kids': The Salford head slamming watchdog's 'regime of fear'

A headteacher lays bare the personal and professional toll of England's Ofsted school inspection regime in Neal Keeling's in-depth report

Manchester Evening News

Ofsted inspections do ‘more harm than good’, says former inspector

Dr Martin Hanbury left his role saying the system was totally unfit for purpose and insisting, 'It’s like trying to measure a cloud with a ruler'

Wales Online

NEU threatens huge Manchester protest during Tory conference

National Education Union says government is ‘rattled’ after delegates vote for summer strikes in England

The Guardian - UK

Keegan ‘living in fantasy world’ over challenges facing schools – union boss

Children are ‘bearing the brunt of the workforce crisis’ in schools, said Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union.

The Independent UK

'Chaotic' Nottingham nursery where 'children exposed to hazards' again rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted

Staff were seen to refill toddlers' bottles with chocolate milk - going against good oral health

Nottingham Post

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The Guardian - UK

Teachers’ union calls for abolition of Ofsted inspections after death of Ruth Perry

Delegates at National Education Union’s annual conference vote to back union campaign

The Independent UK

School leaders should refuse to work as Ofsted inspectors, says union

Delegates at the National Education Union’s conference voted for a campaign to be launched calling for Ofsted to be abolished.

The Independent UK

‘I can’t afford to live’: Nearly one in five teachers forced to do second jobs amid rising costs

Teachers have had to skip meals and reduce home heating amid the cost-of-living crisis, the National Education Union has said.

The Independent UK

Nearly one in five teachers forced to do second jobs amid rising costs – poll

Teachers have had to skip meals and reduce home heating amid the cost-of-living crisis, the National Education Union has said.

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Evening Standard

Teaching union president claims she suffered stroke partly due to Ofsted stress

Teachers facing Ofsted are more likely to come home exhausted, new study finds

Manchester Evening News

Manchester Ofsted inspector quits in protest after death of teacher and brands watchdog "inadequate"

"I have increasingly felt that Ofsted is no longer achieving its mission of ‘raising standards, improving lives’. "

Wales Online

Almost half of teachers say workload is unmanageable most or all the time – poll finds

Over a third added that they feel stressed at work more than 80% of the time

The Independent UK

Nearly half of teachers say workload is unmanageable most or all the time – poll

The findings come ahead of the National Education Union’s annual conference in Harrogate.

Manchester Evening News

Ofsted inspected nursery after child's unexplained injury - they found kids had been exposed to 'stagnant slime'

Inspectors made an unannounced visit to the nursery after receiving reports that a child had sustained an unexplained injury

The Guardian - UK

Teachers should not have to fear Ofsted

Before the inspectorate existed local education authority teams used to know their schools intimately

The Guardian - UK

‘Unfit for purpose’: Ofsted could face legal challenge from school leaders

As anger mounts over headteacher’s suicide, group bids for judicial review into inconsistencies of rulings by watchdog

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