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Can schools boycott Ofsted? What the law says

‘Intentionally obstructing’ Ofsted inspectors is a criminal offence and can lead to a fine of £2,500. Here’s what Edapt guidance says on boycotting inspections …

Police called in as anti-vaxxers ‘grab’ pupil at school gates

Education leaders have branded the behaviour as ‘utterly unacceptable’

Muhammad cartoon row school launches independent probe into RSE lessons

The trust in charge of Batley Grammar School has announced an independent investigation of its curriculum after its teacher’s use of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in class sparked a fierce backlash. The West Yorkshire trust said the probe would help it “learn the lessons” by examining the “context” in which the cartoons were used, […]

Students stage underground poster campaign against school exclusions

An anonymous group of south London students have chosen GCSE results day to stage a protest about school exclusions, by replacing posters on the Northern line with images of an underground line running from ‘School to Prison’. The imaginary train line pictured on the posters travels from being ‘sent out of class’, through ‘detention’, ‘isolation’, […]

40 MPs join protest over looming £4m in cuts to funding for deaf pupils

Campaigners held a protest outside parliament this week and met with the children’s minister to warn of the impact of £4 million in planned cuts to support for deaf children in schools. Research by the National Deaf Children’s Society has found that nearly a third of England’s local authorities are intending to slash support as […]