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Adi Bloom
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Ofsted: Why reading for fun is being cut and 6 other curriculum findings
The Ofsted chief inspector says that schools have inadvertently come to think of testing as the same thing as the curriculum in its entirety
11 October 2017
Teacher who said gay people ‘have a disease’ barred from teaching
Joshua Onduso was found guilty of homophobic conduct, after saying that gay people were ‘sick in the head’
10 October 2017
Northern schools more likely to be rated ‘inadequate’ or ‘requires improvement’ by Ofsted
In one area, a quarter of schools failed to meet inspectors’ standards
10 October 2017
Government pledges to tackle ethnic inequalities in schools
Black Caribbean pupils are disproportionately likely to be excluded from school, new government report shows
10 October 2017
Less than one in four children received the mental health help they needed last year
As World Mental Health Day approaches, the children’s commissioner says changes to mental health provision are ‘unacceptably slow’
9 October 2017
Social-media ‘evangelist’ named school librarian of the year
The award goes to a librarian who has brought Lego and open-mic events to his school
9 October 2017