Union hits out at Ofsted proposal

OFSTED is placing teachers in “imminent serious danger” and its proposed report cards will not address the “crisis in trust and reliability”, a teaching union has claimed.

- ELEANOR BUSBY Press Association

The recent appointment of former Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman to the House of Lords was deemed an “insult” to teachers, delegates at the annual conference of the National Education Union (NEU) heard.

A motion, which was passed yesterday at the conference in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, called on the union’s executive to renew its campaign to “expose the harm, damage and cover up” from the education watchdog, and to instead call for an “effective and fair” school improvement system with no “ranking and shaming”.

The motion added that members who “take action to protect themselves to keep safe where they have evidence that Ofsted is placing them in serious and imminent danger of harm or death” should be supported.