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Us. heaton-harris, thanks for “oining us, , :, : :, heaton-harris, thanks for “oining us. our political correspondent ben riaht us. our political correspondent ben right there- — most of the outstanding schools in england which have been inspected by 0fsted since 2020 have been downgraded. some of the schools hadn't been looked at for 15 years. with the details, here's our education editor branwenjeffreys. parents rely on school inspections. 0fsted grades are meant to be a guide to standards. the top grade in england is outstanding. for many years, outstanding schools weren't inspected. ...

Or 14—year—old inspection report and what they see in front of them. and many parents have been concerned about that. i think that's part of why pressure built up to scrap the exemption. i think it's also important to say while parents, governors may well notice and recognise some slippage in a school, sometimes the things that can lead a school to bejudged inadequate, such as for safeguarding, for example, may be things that are only visible to a handful of children and their families. they may not be visible to everybody involved with the school. 0fsted said this shows the value of inspe...

Children rather than more. ministers have been talking about looking at other countries for good examples, but it seems they want to drive us down to the bottom of the standards. they have not taken anything else from any other countries other than why don't we let people look after more children? that is not the answer, it is not in the best interest of children, it is not in the best interest of people who work in this sector, so scotland is not a perfect model. the in this sector, so scotland is not a perfect model-— in this sector, so scotland is not a perfect model. the government says ...

They haven't taken anything else from it. any other countries other than why don't we let people look after more children? that is not the answer. that's not in the best interests of children. it's not in the best interests of the people that work in this sector. so scotland, i'm afraid, is not a perfect model. the government says that this will help reduce the cost of child care and on the face of it, it seems logical. but you believe that isn't the case? we know it's not the case. i mean, i have to say, it's interesting that on the very same day as this as this proposal was leaked from numbe...

In unregulated homes in england, including on narrow boats and in caravans. a bbc investigation found that at least 120 children, including one child aged just ten, had been placed in unregulated homes. such placements are banned for under 16s, but there are concerns that exemptions for holidays are being exploited. the department for education says it is 0fsted's job to prosecute companies running unlawful children's homes. it was a historic night for british athletics at the world championships in oregon overnight with jake wightman winning gold in the 1500 metres. he is the first british ma...