英国地方教育局津贴监管无证学校

Local authorities are paying for places for children in settings that are not even registered, Ofsted is warning. England's education watchdog has called for tougher rules on tackling illegal "schools" with risks of poor conditions and a lack of safeguarding. Inspectors suggest 6,000 children are taught in such unregulated settings. But the watchdog said councils were subsidising these unregistered alternatives to school, paying up to £27,000 a year for places

英国教育监察机构Ofsted发出提醒，称地方教育当局正出资补贴一些完全未经注册的学校，并呼吁对这些教学环境恶劣及缺少安保措施的非法“学校”进行更严格的监管。机构调查员称有6000个孩子在这种不受监管的环境中上学。而令人更加意外的是，Ofsted称地方教育当局正对这些未经注册的另类教育学校进行补贴，一年补贴金额达27000英镑。

Ofsted has published its most detailed breakdown of the problem of children being taught in uninspected and unregistered settings. Sue Will, senior officer for unregistered schools, said some had "quite appalling" conditions, with unsafe accommodation and unqualified staff. She said inspectors had come across places with rat traps, holes in the wall and exposed electrics. Since 2016, inspectors have investigated more than 530 unregistered settings--with the biggest number being so-called "alternative provision". These can be for pupils who have been taken out of mainstream schools or who have been excluded.

Ofsted就孩子在未经监管和注册的学校上学这一问题发布了完整的明细报告。苏·维尔（Sue Will）是未经注册学校的资深管理者，称其中有些学校的环境“相当糟糕”，住宿不安全，教职工也不具备资质。她说调查员在有些地方还看到了捕鼠夹、穿洞的墙和电线外露的电器。自2016年起，调查员便已走访530多所未经注册的学校——其中占多数的是所谓的“另类教育学校”。它们为主流学校之外的学生提供选择。

Ofsted says almost 150 investigations have been in alternative provision settings which were without any registration. These can be very poor quality, say inspectors --and instead of getting an education, teenagers "languish, wasting their time" playing on computer games. These are private operations, but inspectors say some places are funded with public money. Ofsted would not name the location, but its inspectors have issued a formal warning to an alternative provision centre receiving £27,000 a year per child from the local authority.

Ofsted称对未经任何注册的另类教育学校已进行了约150次走访调查。调查员说它们的教学质量堪忧——青少年可能没有在读书，而是“一直苦熬、浪费时间”玩电脑游戏。它们都由私人经营，但调查员说有些则是由公共资金资助。Ofsted不肯透露具体地址，但有家另类教育中心每年收到地方教育当局对其中每个孩子高达27000英镑的补贴，调查员已向其签发了书面警告。

英国教育标准局Ofsted

英国教育标准局，也称教育标准办公室，英语全称为the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills，常简写为Ofsted，是英国的教育监管机构，独立于英国其他所有的学校和教育机构，秉持“提高标准，改进生活（raising standards, improving lives）”的理念，旨在监督、规范和提高教育质量，其对各个学校发布的年度评审报告可为学生择校提供参考和帮助。

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