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Tuesday briefing: Will the Red Sea crisis lead to a wider Middle East conflict?

In today’s newsletter: After events during the last few days, a conflict including Iran and the US is becoming ever more likely

The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2024

Ofsted bows to pressure and halts inspections after Ruth Perry’s suicide

New leader Martyn Oliver says he will heed unions’ call, after coroner ruled inspection had contributed to headteacher’s death

The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2024

‘Teaching is deeply personal’: Ofsted’s new chief on inspections and schools’ struggles

Sir Martyn Oliver says he is a proud northerner who has taken on some of the most ‘difficult and damaged’ schools

The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2024

The damage done to children goes beyond Ofsted’s effect on schools

Letters: Alasdair Macdonald on education policies that Labour could introduce at virtually no cost, and Alison Walton and Nick Frost on the Ofsted regime’s harmful impact on children’s social services

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023

Schools are failing children like mine

The classroom is a hostile environment for my autistic son. No wonder so many pupils are skipping school

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2023

Strictest academy schools in England suspend 30 times more pupils than the national average

200% suspension rates at ‘zero tolerance’ trusts in England could affect highly vulnerable children, experts warn

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2023

‘Poisonous cocktail of pressures’ on headteachers as school leaders seek help for mental health

National Association of Head Teachers poll comes following death of headteacher Ruth Perry, as coroner concluded Ofsted inspection “likely contributed” to her suicide

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2023

Ofsted has much to learn after the Ruth Perry inquest

Letters: A school governor, a former headteacher and a former Ofsted inspector write in response to the verdict on the death of the former headteacher

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023

The Ruth Perry tragedy must mark the end of Ofsted’s reign of fear

The bullying of schools stifles recruitment and condemns children to pressure-cooker learning, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023

Unions ask education secretary and Ofsted chief to halt school inspections

NAHT and ASCL call on Gillian Keegan and Amanda Spielman to allow time to address concerns raised by coroner

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023