James Hawes’s drama One Life, starring Anthony Hopkins as Holocaust rescue hero Nicholas Winton, will make its European debut at the London Film Festival in October as part of its gala program, following the film’s TIFF world premiere.
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A school in Manchester has been slammed by inspectors who found 'teachers do not know what knowledge should be taught' in some subjects. Music Stuff, which has five sites across the city, has been rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted.
The school standards body has criticised the leadership and management of the organisation which has been told it requires improvements in all areas. The school says it was in a 'period of transition' when it was inspected in February.
It comes after a new headteacher was appointed at the specialist secondary school which has learning centres in Burnage, Clayton and Openshaw. There were also several other changes to the leadership team before the inspection.
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The inspection report which was published five months later said that the new leaders at the school are 'thinking more carefully' about what pupils must learn to catch up with others across the country. This was beginning to help pupils learn more than they did in the past, the report said, but results were 'variable'.
It said: "In some subjects, leaders have ensured that the curriculum is organised in a logical and coherent way. In these subjects, the newly designed curriculums increasingly reflect the ambition of the national curriculum.
"However, this is not replicated in other subjects. This means that, for these subjects, teachers do not know what knowledge should be taught and when this should happen. This hinders pupils’ progress through the curriculum."
The report praises leaders at the school for taking action to 'raise the profile of reading', but found that pupils were still struggling in subjects such as English. Leaders were accused
James Hawes’s drama One Life, starring Anthony Hopkins as Holocaust rescue hero Nicholas Winton, will make its European debut at the London Film Festival in October as part of its gala program, following the film’s TIFF world premiere.
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A mum said she was left 'shaking' after her son was involved in an accident on a 'dangerous' zebra crossing. Renewed calls have been made to urgently improve safety after the 10-year-old was badly injured in the crash on his way home from school.
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