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Ahead teacher investigated over allegations she removed unruly pupils before an Ofsted inspection has been secretly recorded admitting she successfully covered up attendance figures during a follow-up visit by the Government body.
Philomena Steele, head of St Edmund Campion School, Erdington, told staff she had "fudged the issue" with inspectors when 150 pupils were not registered on the day of a spot-check. She said the school automatically would have been given a Notice to Improve if the watchdog had found out.See the full content of this document
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She claims that some of the unregistered pupils were in school but had turned up too late to be marked present.
A member of staff secretly recorded her comments at a meeting of 90 staff the day after the inspection. Two members of staff have since been suspended for breach of confident...See the full content of this document
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