Ofsted powers boosted to tackle illegal unregistered schools in England

Key Facts

• She said there was "no plan" to improve teaching or "tackle the exodus of school staff from our classrooms" and that Labour had proposals to boost new teacher numbers by 6,500.
• Releasing details of the bill ahead of that speech, the government said it would give the schools regulator Ofsted more powers to tackle illegal unregistered schools.
• Chris Russell, from Ofsted, said the buildings were often "unsafe and squalid" and that many of the settings' offered a "narrow curriculum" that failed to meet children's educational needs.
• So you can expect to hear more about: rebuilding the basics of maths and English ensuring good attendance * keeping track of children outside the school system This includes building on the work of an existing Ofsted team that shuts down small education settings that have failed to register as a school.

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