Imams will denounce the grooming and sexual abuse of children in sermons being delivered in 500 mosques across Britain today. The Guardian reports that the co-ordinated effort is a response to the convictions of Muslim men in British courts for a series of abuse offences. Yesterday, five men were sentenced to life imprisonment and two others to long sentences for the abuse of girls in Oxford.
Ofsted is carrying out a week of inspections in Medway to find out why 40 per cent of primary schools in the area are under performing. Ofsted’s latest data, found that almost 8,000 children are attending a primary school that, at its last inspection, was judged to be less than good, a rate the inspectorate says is worse than the national average and an "unacceptable situation". Ten focused school inspections will be taking place in the authority, alongside a telephone survey of schools not being inspected.
The proportion of 16-18 year olds in full-time education fell from 68.6 per cent in 2011 to 67.2 per cent in 2012, according to latest figures from the Department for Education. Overall participation in education and work-based learning fell by 1.1 percentage points, to 78.2 per cent, the first fall since 2001.
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