The Guardian (U.K.)
Pioneering free school fails, awarded lowest Ofsted grades
Blow to Gove education policy as inspectors fear West Sussex Discovery school pupils are at risk of illiteracyOne of the first free schools to open has been placed on special measures and given an inadequate rating by Ofsted inspectors, in an untimely blow to the government's flagship education policy.Only days after Labour announced it would end the opening of free schools, curtailing a p
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The Independent (U.K.)
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In 2011, I was privileged to receive private sponsorship to research a book on how countries across the world educate their most able children. This spawned an interest in what the UK provided for its most able students, a subject faced head-on by the recent Ofsted report with its damning critique of the current state of the nation.
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BBC (U.K.)
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