MUCH has been written about England’s teaching watchdog, Ofsted, in recent months, with the conclusion generally being that the obvious bullying by inspectors has to stop, and that its one-word judgements have to go.

A more sensible judgement, however, would be to say that Ofsted has never worked properly, too often the tool of government, too often responsible for inaccurate judgements, and in need, not of reform, but of banishment to the history books where it belongs.

Now we have what surely must be the final straw — even our myopic government cannot ignore the latest revelations about its failing schools inspectorate.