The way our schools are inspected is a vital issue. Accountability is important – not just because of the money schools spend on it – but because we are educating children. However, Ofsted is not the right framework for accountability; it is not the right system.
Some of the stories that teachers tell about Ofsted are shocking, such as nursery teachers inspected by people with no nursery experience, dance teachers inspected by people with no experience of dance, and inspectors who told a teacher whose class was in a library reading that they were “only reading”.
Research shows that Ofsted judgements of teacher lessons are only right 50 per cent of the time. You might as well toss a coin as have an Ofsted inspector. Where is the quality in that?
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