‘Pupils don’t feel safe’: Ofsted slate Oldham school for failure to tackle bullies
An Oldham primary school has been blasted by Ofsted for not dealing with bullying effectively during a recent inspection.
‘Aggressive and violent’: Damning Ofsted report slates Openshaw special school
A small independent school for children with special needs in Manchester has been blasted by Ofsted for its aggressive environment and poor teaching standards during a recent inspection.
Reserve free schools for where they solve squeeze on spaces, says Cheadle MP
A Greater Manchester MP is ‘delighted’ by David Cameron’s promise to create a new free school in Cheadle.
‘Back off’ Ofsted! ‘Climate of fear’ forces out finest teachers, says NUT chief
John Morgan, secretary for the Manchester Union of Teachers (NUT), believes that teachers are being forced out of the profession through ‘intolerable pressure’ by Ofsted.
E’yar kids! Teachers told to tone down Manc accents to avoid ‘wrong impression’
Teachers in the North-West of England are feeling pressured into restricting or hiding their regional accents in the classroom, according to new research from the University Of Manchester.
FOUR out of ten nurseries and children’s homes failing – Manchester kids at risk
The health and wellbeing of Greater Manchester’s children is at risk as Ofsted reveals that 41% of children’s homes and nurseries are failing after recent inspections.
Tameside’s high schools damned as Ofsted reveal more than HALF are failing
More than half of Tameside’s secondary schools are inadequate or require improvement, according to Ofsted’s annual report.
3,000 Manchester children MISSING in the last year… and half are kids in care
A damning report from Stockport MP Anne Coffey has revealed that more than 3,000 children in Manchester have gone missing over last year.
ChildLine joins forces with schools in £1million appeal to tackle abuse and neglect across Greater Manchester
Esther Rantzen CBE was joined by basketball legend John Amaechi OBE at the launch of a £1million appeal for ChildLine’s latest service which aims to join forces with 980 Greater Manchester schools
Manchester’s child protection services branded ‘inadequate’ for putting children at risk
An alarming number of children have been left at risk by Manchester City Council’s child protection services, which have been downgraded to ‘inadequate’ in a damning Ofsted report.
Gorton primary school branded ‘inadequate’ as ‘low expectations’ of pupils see standards sink
The leadership and management at a Manchester primary school has been labelled ‘inadequate’ after a scathing Ofsted report.