
The British government should let in a further 3,000 migrant children, a cross-party committee of MPs has demanded. The government has already committed itself to taking 20,000 migrants direct from refugee camps in the Middle East and resettling them in
by Nick Hallett5 Jan 2016, 6:28 AM PST0

Government inspectors could monitor Sunday schools, church youth groups and even choirs to ensure they are teaching so-called “British values”, in a move Christians have dubbed “profoundly insulting”. The potential measures by school inspection group Ofsted have been described as
by Nick Hallett12 Dec 2015, 8:40 AM PST0

Hundreds of children are being taught in “squalid” religious schools enforcing gender segregation and a “narrow curriculum”, the education regulator’s chief inspector has warned. He said no one had ever been prosecuted for running the unregistered schools, and more needs
by Liam Deacon11 Nov 2015, 10:37 AM PST0

An English junior school which doesn’t discipline its children and tells them to ignore exams because they’re all unique has been given a ‘good’ rating by the school inspection quango Ofsted. Barrowford Primary school in Lancashire hit headlines last year
by Donna Rachel Edmunds28 Jun 2015, 9:58 AM PST0

Some British state (government funded) schools are deliberately under-recording the instances of bad behaviour by students and even removing truculent pupils during government inspections, all to gain good ratings. The revelation has been made by the government’s ‘classroom Tsar’ Tom Bennett,
by Oliver Lane17 Jun 2015, 4:45 AM PST0

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has confirmed that Durham Free School will be forced to close after inspectors accused the children there of being bigots for not knowing what a Muslim is. Other children at the Christian faith school, the majority
by Donna Rachel Edmunds27 Feb 2015, 9:30 AM PST0

Ofsted is continuing to deny that it’s inspectors are asking young children inappropriate questions on topics such as homosexuality and transgenderism, despite a number of parents coming forward to make complaints in the last few months. The questions have been justified
by Donna Rachel Edmunds2 Feb 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

The Chief Inspector of Schools was forced to deny allegations that Ofsted inspectors asked a young girl at a Christian school whether she was a virgin. John Denning MP raised a series of questions including the claim by a 12
by A.B. Sanderson29 Jan 2015, 9:04 AM PST0

The mother of a ten year old girl who was left in tears by school inspectors after they quizzed her about lesbianism and whether she felt trapped in her own body has spoken out. Lena Wilkinson, whose daughter Ariella attends Grindon
by Donna Rachel Edmunds23 Jan 2015, 4:49 AM PST0

Inspectors have labelled pupils at a Christian school bigots and forced it to close after a young boy gave the wrong answer when asked what a Muslim was. Teachers at the school say he referenced terrorism in his answer, but argued
by Donna Rachel Edmunds21 Jan 2015, 6:20 AM PST0