By JASON BEATTIE; Deputy SCHOOLS need more powers to get rid of weak teachers, the country's education watchdog said yesterday. Christine Gilbert, the head of the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), said there were too many in England's 20,000 primary and secondary schools.

Home News IN BRIEF *Weak teachers can put children off learning and are too difficult to sack, the chief inspector of schools has warned. Christine Gilbert, the head of the Office for Standards in Education, claimed pupils were being let down by inadequate tuition.

By JAKE MORRIS PUPILS and parents who are unhappy with teaching standards will be able to trigger snap school inspections under a proposed rules shake-up. A report by education watchdog Ofsted yesterday put the views of parents and children at the top of the list of reasons to inspect a school.

School standards have "stalled" as one in five children leaves primary education unable to read, write and add up properly, Ofsted warned yesterday.

By TIM ROSS SCHOOL standards have "stalled" as one in five children leaves primary education unable to read, write and add up properly, Ofsted has warned.