US EditionRuth Perry's sister joins education leaders in call to stop Ofsted reforms
- Ruth Perry's sister, Professor Julia Waters, joined education leaders in calling for the Government to delay Ofsted reforms after Perry's suicide in January 2023 following a downgraded school inspection rating.
- The National Education Union passed a motion demanding a halt to Ofsted reforms and advocated for a fair school improvement system without ranking.
- A survey revealed that 57% of NEU teacher members feel that inspections negatively affect their mental health and that concerns remain over the proposed changes not addressing the issues highlighted by Ruth Perry's death.
- A Department for Education spokeswoman stated that the reforms are crucial for improving school standards and emphasized the removal of single-word judgments in favor of new school report cards.
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Ruth Perry's sister joins education leaders in call to stop Ofsted reforms
In an open letter, a coalition of senior educators, trade union heads, ex-inspectors and mental health advocates urged Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson to pause a "rushed" rollout of new inspection measures.
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Today’s blog is from Mark Wilson, CEO and Accounting Officer at Wellspring Academy Trust, which is made up of 29 academies. Mark shares the ten things he would do as Education Secretary. 1. Number one would be to abolish Ofsted. Ofsted drives perverse negative outputs at all levels throughout education and acts as a brake on innovation everywhere. That we’ve still got failing schools thirty-three years after it was formed proves precisely what a…
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