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Trust said disengagement after pandemic and financial hardship behind absence rates amid government attendance crackdown
The watchdog found learning loss during Covid lockdowns made it more difficult to identify pupils with SEND
Plans to slim down the civil service could have 'implications' for new inspection work
Curriculum grace period ends - but new grade descriptor 'will prevent cliff edge'
Experts say accountability pressures encourage such behaviour
Kent school that controversially opened satellite site in 2015 among those downgraded
Amanda Spielman tells teachers to maintain their 'own impartiality'
'Our handbook is not changing in any way,' says senior inspector
They claim school's 'inadequate' judgment is 'intended to drive through' plans to join United Learning
