The calls come after a headteacher killed herself while awaiting an Ofsted report which downgraded her school from the highest rating to the lowest possible.
Pressure on the school inspections system in England continues to mount as teachers called for the end of Ofsted’s “reign of terror”.
Union delegates told the conference they lived and worked in “fear” of inspections which rate schools in England between outstanding and inadequate. Julie Parkin, of the same branch, said school leaders and teachers were placed under “immeasurable pressure” as they prepared for inspections. “The members themselves are made to feel that they should be upholding their part in proceedings, feeling that they can’t be seen to be letting the side down.
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