Parents do not know why schools are closed for Inset days, says Tristram Hunt Parents are often baffled as to why schools in England close for in-service training days, or 'Inset' days, Shadow ...

Teachers have hit out at an "extra" inset day on the Friday before Christmas announced yesterday. Schools Minister Nick Gibb said that term can finish a day early for pupils, with teachers having an ...

The start of term is ruined by inset sessions full of dull PowerPoints and pointless spider diagrams. All I can think of is my work piling up It’s Monday morning and I’m huddled with a group of other ...