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Adi Bloom
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Cash-starved Ofsted underspends budget and suggests extra inspections
Audit-committee minutes reveal an underspend of £1.2 million in its budget, a surplus that could be used to finance more inspections
12 January 2018
Using ADHD drugs to control ‘non-compliant’ pupils is ‘inhumane’, say experts
Teachers should monitor the use of medication like Ritalin as part of their safeguarding duties, says British Psychological Society
11 January 2018
Justine Greening presses government to ensure sex education is taught in all schools
In her first comments to Parliament since Monday’s Cabinet reshuffle, the former education secretary called for cross-party support on relationships and sex education 
11 January 2018
Thousands of teachers are on long-term stress leave, new figures reveal
The Liberal Democrats say the statistics indicate the ‘impossible pressures’ that teachers are under
11 January 2018
Catholic Church rejects claims it donated money to try to influence Damian Hinds
Humanists have accused the Catholic Church of securing the new education secretary’s support for religious selection by paying for his interns
10 January 2018
Local authorities collecting sensitive pupil data without consent
Legal action considered as research shows that authorities are compiling data about pupils in alternative provision, without consulting the children or their parents
9 January 2018