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A report last year on domestic violence and poverty by Professor Anne Summers noted examples of parents on the program being forced to attend activities, such as swimming lessons, library story times and playgroups, or do further education…

School conversations have been dominated by one word: Ofsted. And what a range of feelings that word evokes. As a former headteacher who continues to work with school leaders, my feelings are complex.I believe it is right that anyone in a…

Ofsted is younger than me. And yet, for those of us who have been in education for a couple of decades, the inspection regime is part of the furniture. Its presence permeates school classrooms, offices, staffrooms and corridors. The idea of…