Ofsted - Flawed, wasterful, failing
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 10:41AM Ofsted is facing a crisis in public confidence as it comes under a series of attacks on its authority this week, with the watchdog accused of being "flawed, wasteful and failing". Its new inspection regime is accused of forcing social work departments to focus on passing inspections instead of looking after children, giving good schools mediocre ratings on routine technical matters – such as fences not being high enough – and more claims that sub-contracted inspectors are not fit for the job. The Guardian.
I guess this had to come out eventually.
Instead of being the nasty, oppressive and authoritarian government BULLY, Ofsted needs to reinvent itself as a proper staff development organisation, providing SUPPORT and TRAINING to schools which require it. I know it can be done because I have seen it done in other countries.
But will it? The arrogance of government and (even more so) petty bureaucrats knows no bounds.
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