Ofsted inspectors could be assigned to monitor local authorities where children are prone to extremist views after the watchdog found hundreds of children missing from education had simply been scrubbed from council records.
Two years on from the so-called Trojan horse scandal, Ofsted’s outgoing chief inspector for schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw, delivered a damning blow to Birmingham City Council’s child safeguarding services, warning children remained at risk of radicalisation.
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