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New inspection system requires pupils to face questions without prior notice

Staff member reportedly photographed holding mug in school playground

Editorial: The Tory conviction that academies drive improvement is not supported by evidence – and ministers know it

England has had a schools inspectorate since 1839, first in the form of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Schools and, since 1992, in the form of the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted). Our recently published research examines how the inspectorate has policed language in schools, enforcing…

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi unveiled the new schools white paper setting out his vision over the next decade - but critics warned it was 'failing to get the basics right'

Prisons are failing to teach inmates to read which leaves them more likely to reoffend, a damning Ofsted report has warned.

The move will increase the school day for a minority of schools not offering the minimum number of hours required

Experts say ministers’ catch-up proposals will widen gap

This could have not come at a worse time, said the parents