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‘This one might have legs’: Inside Ofsted’s decision to inspect school that postponed MP visit

Officials who ordered inspection of a Bristol academy flagged media reports over decision to cancel visit
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Ofsted boss Martyn Oliver ordered watchdog staff considering inspecting a school that postponed an MPs visit to move as quickly as you canas this one might have legs and we need to be in front of it.

Oliver faced criticism when he publicly expressed concerns about the postponement of Jewish MP Damien Egans visit to Bristol Brunel Academy when he announced inspectors would visit the school in January.

Egans planned visit in September last year was postponed following opposition from local campaigners and National Education Union members on the academys staff who raised concerns about Egans involvement with the Labour Friends of Israel group.

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