17/05/2013
Headteachers Union Sets Up Ofstead Rival
A new school inspection body has been established as a rival to Ofstead, the Guardian has reported.
The new inspection body, called Instead, has been set up by the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), the union of headteachers with some 28,000 members.
The new regime will be piloted in September.
It is understood that all Instead inspectors will all be working headteachers, will only inspect schools of a same size to their own and those schools will be outside their town or county.
According to the Guardian one of the main criticisms of Ofsted, is that retired out-of-touch heads who have worked in small primary schools, for example, can be picked to inspect large secondary schools.
(MH/CD)
The new inspection body, called Instead, has been set up by the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), the union of headteachers with some 28,000 members.
The new regime will be piloted in September.
It is understood that all Instead inspectors will all be working headteachers, will only inspect schools of a same size to their own and those schools will be outside their town or county.
According to the Guardian one of the main criticisms of Ofsted, is that retired out-of-touch heads who have worked in small primary schools, for example, can be picked to inspect large secondary schools.
(MH/CD)
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