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• Ofsted chief admits system ‘did not work as well as it should’ after abuse at school

  13-06-2023 19:00
  
  Amanda Spielman defends failure to spot mistreatment at residential facility for disabled children as she is grilled by MPsOfsted’s chief inspector has told MPs its inspection system “did not work as well as it should,” as she defended the watchdog’s failure to spot mistreatment of more than 100 youngsters over several years at a large residential school for disabled children.Amanda Spielman was quizzed by the education select committee over why Ofsted had rated three Don
  
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• For carers, money worries and grief are constant companions | Letters

  13-06-2023 18:00
  
  Readers on the stress and exhaustion of caring for loved ones, which is exacerbated by the parlous state of Britain’s social care system I am one of the unpaid carers you refer to in your editorial (The Guardian view on the future of social care: a chance for Labour, 8 June). My 62-year-old husband, who has early-onset dementia, was diagnosed when he was 58. He hasn’t worked since he was 56, and I was forced to retire a year ago. Thinking about how we will pay for his future care kee
  
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