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Nottingham City Council spending £600,000 employing ‘critical’ staff for failing children’s services

Nottingham City Council’s reserves will be spent on hiring a number of new employees to help improve its failing children’s services.

Nottingham Post

Nottingham City Council appoints consultants at cost of up to £6.5m to improve children's services

Children’s services at Labour-led Nottingham City Council were rated ‘inadequate’ by inspectors from Ofsted earlier this year. The authority received a formal ‘improvement notice’

Nottingham Post

Blaming public sector staff for the failings of politicians is infuriating

Letters: Yvonne Williams, Tim Pollard and Corinna Pollard respond to an article by Simon Jenkins which accused the sector of resisting change

The Guardian - UK

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Police 'want more time' to find cause of death for baby who suffered 'medical episode' at nursery

Genevieve Meehan has been described as 'a wonderful, unique and special person'

Manchester Evening News

Four in five of the children’s homes in England are run for profit – here's why that is a problem

The John Lewis Christmas ad has been an annual, headline-grabbing event in the UK since the retailer first launched a seasonal TV campaign in 2007. To date it has variously featured a pet penguin, a talking dragon and a trampolining dog. Its 2022 iteration, however, has garnered serious attention for…

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Manchester Evening News

Children 'continue to underachieve' at Merseyside school

The school was rated inadequate by Ofsted

Liverpool Echo

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The Guardian view on the pandemic’s educational impact: make good learning losses

Editorial: Increasing numbers of primary-age pupils are missing targets. Nurseries as well as schools need resources to catch up

The Guardian - UK

Headteacher slammed for 'parading about in short dress' that would 'make a scarf' at inadequate school

A politician said she was 'mortified' after spotting the dress while attending a meeting at the school after it was given an inadequate Ofsted rating

Wales Online

Delight after Bluecoat Beechdale Academy's latest Ofsted rating

"It is testament to the hard work and commitment of our staff"

Nottingham Post

Several outstanding Greater Manchester high schools lose top rating in a bruising Ofsted review

King David High School in Crumpsall saw its rating drop to inadequate

Manchester Evening News

Ofsted’s grade fixation needs to be eradicated

Letters: Former HM inspector of schools Prof Colin Richards writes that grades can never be regarded as objective measures of schools

The Guardian - UK

Amble's new high school will be 'transformative' for town, says headteacher

The new buildings for the college have been confirmed by Northumberland County Council's cabinet

Chronicle Live

Bristol City Council 'making sufficient progress' on SEND children but still failing parents

Four of five 'significant weaknesses' are being addressed, but the 'fractured relationship' with parents has not been mended

Bristol Post

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Manchester Evening News

High school 'delighted' with Ofsted result in wake of two primary school closures in the area

Byrchall High School received a 'Good' from Ofsted inspectors

Manchester Evening News

Primary school said to be 'good' before pandemic now 'inadequate'

Inspectors put school into special measures - but it is improving under interim headteacher

Liverpool Echo

New commissioner appointed to turn around troubled children's services

The service had recently been reviewed following a dire Ofsted inspection earlier this year

Wales Online

Schools need 'urgent' help to handle gender 'minefield' says Ofsted chief

Amanda Spielman said there was a 'very considerable' burden on headteachers

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The Independent UK

Schools ‘urgently’ need guidance on gender ‘minefield’, says Ofsted chief

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman said there is a ‘very considerable’ burden on headteachers trying to navigate ‘deeply contested issues’.

The Independent UK

Slip in outstanding schools may reflect years-old fall in standards – Ofsted

Hundreds of schools lost their top rank as the watchdog commenced its reinspections of those previously rated outstanding.

Evening Standard

Holland Park school downgraded from ‘outstanding’ to ‘failing’

Almost two thirds of previously outstanding London schools were downgraded after being inspected in the past year

The Independent UK

Ofsted downgrades more than 80% of outstanding schools inspected last year

Some of the schools had not been inspected for 13 years due to an exemption

Manchester Evening News

High school told to improve as inspectors find behaviour of some pupils disrupts learning

St Catherine's in Bolton became an academy school in 2018

Evening Standard

Hundreds of schools downgraded by Ofsted after first inspections in years

Some of the schools had not been inspected for 13 years due to an exemption after they were previously rated outstanding.

Wales Online

Ofsted downgrades hundreds of outstanding schools in England after first visit in 13 years

Of the 370 exempt schools deemed outstanding, only 17% kept their grade

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