Private companies should be allowed to take over the running of state schools, the outgoing chairman of Ofsted has said.

Young offenders and young people at risk are often placed in secure accommodation many miles from home, an Ofsted report has said.

Nearly two-thirds of social workers say they do not have enough time to serve children and young people properly, an Ofsted survey finds.

Birmingham City Council is failing to protect vulnerable children and its capacity to improve is inadequate, Ofsted says.

Birmingham City Council is failing to protect vulnerable children in its care and its capacity to improve is inadequate, Ofsted says.