Children are not learning about the natural world because teachers are frightened of getting their hands dirty, according to one of the country’s best known botanists

Schools must be made to consult with parents and staff before becoming an academy, the National Union of Teachers has insisted.

More than one in four teachers says their school buildings are not fit for learning, according to a new survey.

Complaints about teachers rose 800 per cent last year, with record numbers being charged.

Every school should have a “useless teacher” so children can learn to deal with incompetent people in authority, the outgoing chairman of the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) has claimed.