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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Adams Education editor

NASUWT members call for Ofsted abolition to end ‘reign of terror’

Ofsted banner outside a primary school
A banner showing an Ofsted rating is displayed outside a primary school. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Ofsted inspectors have been accused of a “reign of terror” over teachers and school leaders in England, as a second major teaching union backed a campaign to abolish the schools watchdog.

Delegates to the NASUWT annual conference voted for a motion describing Ofsted as a “major contributor to the excessive workload and bureaucracy that blights the lives of teachers” and instructed the union to campaign for its abolition and replacement.

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