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Mr Hewston had worked for Ofsted since 2007 when he was ‘unfairly dismissed’

Sir Martyn Oliver, chief inspector of Ofsted, said giving parents the information they need in a clear and accessible way was a ‘must-have’.

An 11-year-old at a school in Essex was recently reported to have been given a detention for not achieving 90% on his maths homework (he got 81%). This measure by his school comes in an environment when schools in England seem to be increasingly reaching for severe methods of punishment:…

Change is underway at Ofsted, England’s schools inspectorate. Headline judgments that summed up a whole school in one or two words have been discarded in favour of a proposed report card system that promises to offer a more rounded assessment of school quality.

Martyn Oliver says less office-going since pandemic has led to a shift in attitudes among pupils in England

‘If my mum and dad were at home all day, would I want to get up and leave the house, knowing they were both there?’

Sir Martyn Oliver’s comments came as persistent absence across state secondaries in England rose from 13% in 2018-19 to 24% in 2022-23.

In 2010 I debated Ed Balls on Newsnight about the Conservatives’ education plans. “The danger is that there will be winners in this policy,” he warned, a line later quoted by David Cameron to ridicule Labour’s attitude to his government’s education reforms.

Across England, schools are running food banks to help the children and their families. Research suggests that 21% of schools in England now offer some form of food charity.