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A Sunday Mirror investigation has found some of the biggest nursery chains including Just Childcare, Bright Horizons and Busy Bees, have poor safety reports while their CEOs live a life of luxury

An unnamed deputy head at an academy in the north of England is said to have turned a "terrible colour" soon after Ofsted inspectors left before having a heart attack in the toilets

My colleague describes the buildup to inspection as ‘a form of prolonged torture waiting for public trial and execution’

Senior teachers in England blame culture of fear and high stress for damaging their health and careers

Inspectors understand the pressures schools are under but the same can’t be said of Ofsted’s chief and her advisers

Parents don’t want a ‘summary judgment’ on schools – we just want to know teachers truly care. And it’s impossible to imagine someone more dedicated to their school than Mrs Perry was

Whiteness is an invention of the modern, colonial age. It refers to the racialisation of white people and the disproportionate privilege – social, linguistic, economic, political – that comes with this. Crucially, as an invention, whiteness is not innate – it is taught.

The party would keep the checks but reform the way they operate, Labour frontbencher Wes Streeting said.

We’re not afraid of scrutiny and we all want to make our schools better – but this process is not the way to help children thrive