Ofsted is 'a danger to our members' - union

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

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