Teachers should not have to fear Ofsted | Letters

Before the inspectorate existed local education authority teams used to know their schools intimately Your detailed coverage of the death of Ruth Perry (“Stress from Ofsted inspections linked in coroner reports to 10 teacher deaths”, News) raises several questions. How are Ofsted inspectors selected for this very exacting job? What is their recent experience of schools? What is their training? How is the quality of their work assessed? Most importantly, what evidence is there that Ofsted inspections are more effective in raising school standards than the inspections that were previously carried out by local education authority teams? Continue reading...
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