Unofficial consultation on Ofsted proposals draws overwhelming thumbs down from respondents
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"Alternative Big Consultation" shows 88 per cent of respondents rejecting inspectorate's plans for report cards.
Nearly nine out of 10 respondents to an unofficial consultation on the future of Ofsted inspections felt that the inspectorate’s central proposed change is “unfit for purpose,” its results released today reveal.
Some 88 per cent of respondents to the “Alternative Big Consultation” said the proposed report card system was either “largely unfit for purpose” – 39 per cent – or “unfit for purpose” – 49 per cent.
Meanwhile, nearly two thirds – 63 per cent – of respondents felt that the inspectorate’s proposals would actually make the inspection system worse, with some 38 per cent said they would represent a “considerable worsening”.
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By Warwick Mansell for EDUCATION UNCOVERED
Published: 22 April 2025
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So far Ofsted's responses have been very disappointing esp. from their "director of strategy" Rory Gribell (who it should be remember has only 2 years of his teach training course as actual school experience before working solely (before Ofsted) as a SPAD to Tory education ministers or right-wing think tanks). It has not taken the appalling suicide of Ruth Perry seriously, it has reversion single word judgments in four areas to single word judgements in many more, it has not seriously address the issues of inconsistencies between inspectors and inspections and seems completely unwilling to look at reviewing the "marking you own homework" complaints process. It is more than time to scarp this failed process and look to a more relevant, more humane and more appropriate system for school support and development.