Exclusive: ministers also looking at giving Ofsted more powers and accelerating academisation

Radical proposals to bring back national testing for 14-year-olds and scrap limits on teaching hours are under consideration by ministers, the Guardian has learned.

Plans have also been drawn up to hand more powers to Ofsted and to beef up inspections of schools in England, before an education white paper next year.

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