They have also questioned the plans in light of the fact that Ofsted already has the power to visit schools unannounced.
It came after Ofsted confirmed last week that it will revisit plans to move to a system of no-notice inspection as part of its current wider review of school inspection.
Chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw was asked by prime minister David Cameron and education secretary Michael Gove to “look at the practicalities of moving to a system of routine no-notice inspections”.
Sir Michael had pushed for this two years ago, but settled for the current system of half-day notice visits after concerns were raised by teachers and school leaders.
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