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Angry parents have slammed Ofsted for downgrading an 'outstanding' rural nursery to just 'good' because it does not teach toddlers about ethnic diversity.



The education watchdog even penalised Town and Country Kiddies Nursery in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, for not having enough pictures of black and Asian people on the walls.

In their report inspectors criticised the nursery - which caters for children aged from just eight weeks to 11 years as it also offers a kids' club - for failing to teach youngsters about other cultures.

It stated: 'Staff do not provide enough opportunities for children to develop a strong sense of belonging at the nursery and to learn about people who are different to themselves.'

As a result, the nursery was stripped of the 'outstanding' status it was given in 2012 and is now rated as just 'good'.

Around 97 per cent of the population in the town to which the nursery belongs are white.

Ofsted initially published their report from the inspection this week on their website - but bosses have now temporarily withdrawn it following a backlash from furious parents.

An Ofsted spokesman said today: 'The regional director is seeking to speak to the owner about her concerns, and we have withdrawn the report while we review the case.

'Following this a decision will be taken about next steps.'

A Muslim faith school has failed its Ofsted inspection because it 'undermines British values' by segregating male and female staff.



The Rabia Girls' and Boys' School in Luton, Bedfordshire also came under fire from inspectors for inviting extremist speakers to speak to pupils.

Ofsted ruled that the private school was inadequate, while the Department for Education has referred the institution to the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Inspectors recorded in their report today that Rabia bosses placed a screen between male and female staff to keep them apart.

Male and female staff are kept separate during training sessions across the school's two sites, one for boys and one for girls - the training takes place at one site and is streamed online to the other.

The measures, which Rabia's governors admitted were routine practice, undermine the school's work to promote fundamental British values, Ofsted said.

A report on the visit added: 'These practices... do not demonstrate equality and respect.'

Chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw wrote that inspectors 'expressed their concern when, at the initial meeting with inspectors, the school insisted on segregating men and women through the use of a dividing screen across the middle of the room.'

He added: 'This meeting was not carried out in a religious setting but in a classroom.

'HMI also gathered evidence that male and female staff are segregated during whole school staff training sessions. Male staff sit in one room and the session is simultaneously broadcast to female staff in another part of the school.

'This sort of behaviour manifested by the leaders of this school clearly does not conform to the spirit of the equalities legislation which underpins the spiritual, moral, social and cultural standard.'

The report also found that the school had not properly vetted some guest speakers 'with sufficient rigour'.

A scholar who had previously addressed fighters of proscribed terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pakistan was a guest at the school in 2013..

Qari Hanif Jallundari has said: 'We have to maintain a united front and frustrate the efforts of those who want to divide on the lines of jihadi and non-jihadi factions. In my view every Muslim is a mujahid.'

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