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Government says reforms will end ‘neglect’ in system that leaves young people behind

The Government is to set out its plans in Parliament.

Inspectorate aims to replace single headline grade such as outstanding with assessment of 10 key areas

Feedback is a big part of the Strictly Come Dancing experience. Every week, after performing their dance, each professional-celebrity couple waits breathlessly to hear what the four judges made of their routine. Will it be “fab-u-lous” or a “disaster”?

Sir Martyn Oliver tells school leaders new report-card style inspection reports will focus on inclusion

The child was taken St George’s Hospital to undergo surgery to re-attach the tip of his digit

The quality of education in young offender institutions (YOIs) in England has seriously declined, according to a recent report from Ofsted and the prisons inspectorate.

Ofsted – the schools inspectorate – no longer gives single-word, headline grades to schools in England. It plans to make more changes, accepting many of the recommendations made in a 2024 independent review carried out by former Ofsted head Dame Christine Gilbert.

English primary schools having to help infants catch up on speech and language to cope with lessons

Study finds more than 90% of facilities for children and 98% of those for adults that were closed down were run for profit

Joint review by chief of Ofsted and prisons chief inspector discovers children kept in cells to avoid conflict