Inspectorate asks for greater powers to intervene after discovering more than 800 children in unregulated schools over past yearFifteen illegal schools educating 800 children – some in squalid conditions and with inadequate safeguarding – have been found to be operating out of sight of local authorities in London,Birmingham and other parts of England.
The unregulated schools were uncovered after a series of tipoffs to the Department for Education and raids by Ofsted inspectors. They appear to have used loopholes involving domestic study clubs as a way of avoiding regulation, and in some cases had an emphasis on Islamic or Jewish devout study, and although some had no obvious devout affiliation.
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Source: theguardian.com