Ofsted’s supposedly less stressful inspections leave headteachers eyeing early retirement, while the paperwork earns excellent marks for multiplication.
Education watchdog reassures exhausted teachers that inspectors will continue monitoring their wellbeing until everybody feels sufficiently monitored LONDON – Britain’s education watchdog has received troubling evidence that its school inspection system is causing considerable psychological distress among teachers, prompting urgent discussion about how thoroughly the problem should be inspected. A survey commissioned by Ofsted found that 88% of responding schools reported a negative effect on staff wellbeing from the revised…
