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Ofsted brands school ‘inadequate’ over single-sex dance class
A headteacher has lashed out at Ofsted for downgrading her school to “inadequate” over concerns about single-sex teaching in which only girls were given dance lessons.Ofsted’s report found that pupils at Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School in Kent were “not given the opportunity or choice to be educated with members …
A glamorous, crowd-pleasing stay in the Qatari capital
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More Trips to the Great Lakes
The Curtiss Hotel, on the revitalised waterfront of Buffalo, New York, is a sophisticated place to stay with panoramic views of the Lake Erie shoreline...
