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McNulty set to apologise and pay back £13,000

29.10.09
Former minister for London Tony McNulty was set to make an apology and repay £13,000 after watchdogs found him guilty of breaking rules on MPs' second home allowance... more

Baby P council still falls short on protection

03.07.09
Council at the centre of the Baby P scandal is still failing to protect children from abuse, inspectors warned... more

Schools' English teaching must do better

19.06.09
State schools are failing to improve standards of reading and writing quickly enough, inspectors warned... more

Honoured by the Standard: best state schools in London

07.05.09
Children and teachers gathered last night to celebrate the best of state education in London at the Evening Standard School Awards... more

Sleaze watchdog launches probe into Tony McNulty expenses

26.03.09
London minister Tony McNulty's political future was thrown into doubt after Westminster's sleaze watchdog launched an inquiry into his expenses... more

MPs face probes on homes and sex in the Commons

23.03.09
The row over Commons expenses leads to demands for the second home allowance to be scrapped for MPs living within commuting distance of London... more

Ofsted warns boring teachers to motivate pupils

05.01.09
Boring teachers are to be targeted in a drive against poor classroom behaviour... more

Ofsted set to report failings in child safety

17.12.08
Government inspectors are set to reveal a rise in the number of councils failing to keep children healthy and safe in reports on children's services in every local authority in England... more

Children at risk in eight local authorities

17.12.08
Twice as many councils as last year are failing to protect children like BabyP from abuse, figures showed... more

Balls 'wrong to make political pledge over Baby P'

12.12.08
Children's Secretary Ed Balls was accused of being "irresponsible" in the Baby P case as council chiefs accused Ofsted of failing to spot problems in Haringey... more

MPs grill Ofsted head on 'glowing report' it gave Shoesmith

10.12.08
Ofsted boss Christine Gilbert faces a grilling over how inspectors could give Sharon Shoesmith a glowing report just weeks after Baby P died... more

Thousands more children at risk

02.12.08
Thousands of vulnerable children are at risk because councils are failing to learn lessons from tragedies such as Baby P... more

State schools still failing poor pupils

19.11.08
Inspectors have criticised the "patently inadequate" standards of too many schools, warning ministers that state education must do better... more

Ofsted is damning on council failures

19.11.08
Vulnerable children are being left to die like Baby P because councils are failing to stop abuse, inspectors warn... more

Education

08.10.08
The struggle to turn around some failing institutions has seen community leaders and politicians willing to embrace radical new teaching and funding methods. ... more

Meddling ministers 'ruined exam system'

22.07.08
The Government has interfered in the exams system to such an extent it risks the credibility of the system, according to a leading Cambridge academic... more

Pupils 'drilled to pass exams are left without key skills'

21.07.08
Children are being drilled in techniques to pass exams without gaining a genuine rounded education, school inspectors say... more

Children 'feel safer if they carry a knife'

08.07.08
Alarming numbers of children feel safer in the street when carrying knives or guns, Government inspectors have warned... more

Reading lessons for teachers

27.06.08
Teachers are not being taught the necessary skills to help struggling children to read, a report says... more

More schools in London are failing Ofsted inspections

04.06.08
More London schools are failing their inspections as Ofsted gets tough on poor results... more

Schools could be failed if children aren't happy with lessons

19.05.08
Schools face the prospect of being judged by Ofsted on whether their pupils are happy with their lessons... more

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