Ruth Perry’s sister: Ofsted needs ‘big change’ or consultation is waste of time
by Sam Hall
Mar 08, 2024
3 minutes
Ofsted needs to make a “big change” or its consultation exercise will be a “big waste of time”, the sister of Ruth Perry has said.
Ahead of Sir Martyn Oliver’s first major speech since becoming Ofsted chief inspector, Professor Julia Waters said school inspections were continuing under “high-stakes fault finding and reductionist single-word judgments”.
The sister of Mrs Perry added this may “still be putting the welfare of teachers at risk” and that the education watchdog’s relations with schools and teachers had “reached rock bottom”.
Ofsted has come from its highest rating to its lowest over safeguarding concerns.
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