Opinion: To the Point - Ofsted is wide of the mark

Ofsted seems to have gone off its head. The school inspectors have been moaning about the failure of children's centres and nurseries to promote literacy and numeracy among three- to five-year-olds. Admittedly the brain regions responsible for maths and logic begin to need the right stimulation from about 18 months, but the idea that small children need to be inducted into formal schooling at such a young age is nonsense. It cannot be called education, as this means drawing forth, not ramming in. But this...