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Friction between schools and parents growing with more families flouting rules, Ofsted head warns

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Friction between schools and parents is increasing as families are more willing to break school rules amid a “troubling” change in attitudes towards education, the outgoing head of Ofsted warned on Thursday.

Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman said the social contract between parents and schools fractured as a result of the and is still not repaired, while

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