Teachers 'live in fear' of Osted says union as it calls for watchdog to be scrapped
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMembers at a leading teaching union have labelled education watchdog Ofsted’s a 'peddler of misery' and called for an end to their 'reign of terror.' A motion calling for Ofsted to be abolished was approved at the NASUWT’s annual conference in Glasgow today (Monday).
Union delegates told the conference they live and work in “fear” of inspections which rate schools in England between “outstanding” and “inadequate”.
The NASUWT has joined the National Education Union (NEU) in calling for an immediate freeze of inspections to allow for full mental health assessments to be carried out on teachers and school leaders. READ MORE: The 'stigma' stopping girls in sport - and what can be done to break it It comes after the death of Ruth Perry, headteacher at Caversham Primary School in Reading, Berkshire, who took her own life in January while awaiting an Ofsted report which downgraded her school from the highest rating to the lowest possible.
Gherie Wedeyesus, a teacher from Brent, north-west London, said: “It’s about time we said enough is enough. You cannot label a whole school including the leadership, educators and the pupils as one word – inadequate. "Let’s put an end to this peddler of misery.
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