The chief inspector of Ofsted, has maintained one-word gradings are “integral” to the school system 🔴 Unions have threatened legal action against Ofsted for continuing to carry out the inspections without a full mental health assessment for teachers
“I do feel that whilst the regulator should help schools to improve… there’s a feeling from our profession that it’s oppositional, and maybe problem-finding and fault-finding.” He revealed that he had had counselling when pressure got “too much”.
Ms Spielman has said: “I certainly recognise that distilling all that a school is and does into a single word makes some in the sector uncomfortable, particularly when there are consequences of the grade awarded. But as I’ve said previously, the overall grade currently plays as an integral part in the wider school system.
“We are not deaf to the calls for change, or insensitive to the needs of schools and their staff,” she added. “We will continue to listen carefully to the experiences and views of those we inspect. I’m sure the changes described here do not go far or fast enough for some, but I’ve also tried to explain the complexities and boundaries within which we do our important work.”
Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, agreed that the changes didn’t go far enough.
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