Ofsted’s annual report on education standards has found around a third of secondary schools in the North and Midlands are not up to standards.

Ofsted chair Sir Michael Wilshaw has called for financial incentives to tackle teacher shortages.

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has paid performance bonuses of £510,000 to its staff, prompting school leaders to express concerns against tight budgets.

Less than 50 per cent of teachers believe the government’s pupil premium policy has had a positive impact on the disadvantaged pupils it was designed to help, a YouGov poll has found.

The government has published plans containing guidelines about how the 2,000 Madrassas in England will be regulated and inspected.

A report entitled ‘What training do teachers need?’ has called for two-year ‘higher-level apprenticeships’ in order to counter ‘anti-intellectualism’ and prevent new staff from quitting.

The majority of parents believe Ofsted inspections of schools should be more frequent, according to a recent poll.

Ofsted has released findings of its inspections into 22 independent schools, formerly inspected by the discredited Bridge Schools Inspectorate (BSI), revealing four in five were rated as inadequate or in need of improvement.

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