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Caitlin Doherty

Minister expects priority to be children’s life chances as Ofsted plans unveiled

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson gave a speech on school standards at the Centre for Social Justice in London (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

Bridget Phillipson has said she expects the “first priority” of unions to be “children and their life chances”, after her new proposals for Ofsted inspections were criticised for being worse than the system they would replace.

The Education Secretary said she will “always seek to engage in dialogue” with unions, but she “won’t let anything get in the way” of her responsibility to families and children.

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