MPs yesterday summoned the head of Ofsted to give evidence next week on why the children’s services inspectorate failed to spot problems in the London borough where Baby P died after months of persistent injury and neglect.
Barry Sheerman, Labour MP and chair of the children’s select committee, said it was expanding an existing inquiry into [...]
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MPs summon Ofsted head to explain Baby P lapses
Video: The Blastbeat music programme
Young people in schools around London have been learning about the music business by setting up and running their own record labels
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Saba Salman on a living library project showing why you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover
People, not paperbacks, are being loaned out in novel living library events around the country. Saba Salman on a project showing why you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover
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Snow brings chaos … and more to come this week
Hundreds of schools across north-west England were forced to close yesterday as a blanket of heavy snow fell across the region causing traffic chaos for commuters. Up to 4in (10cm) of snow fell in some areas, leading to hazardous driving conditions and numerous minor traffic accidents.
Among the worst affected areas for the 200 school closures [...]
More than 100,000 students still without grant after system collapse
The true scale of the collapse of the college grant system is today revealed in figures which show that more than 100,000 students are still awaiting support payments nearly three months after they were due.
Thousands of the students - among them the poorest in England - will not get their money before Christmas, college principals [...]