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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eleanor Busby

Ofsted’s proposed report cards should be opposed – school leaders’ union

Changes were brought forward to Ofsted inspections following the death of Ruth Perry, who took her own life after an Ofsted report downgraded her primary school (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Archive)

Ofsted’s proposed report cards should be opposed and “legal and industrial options” explored to protect the mental health of school staff, a union has said.

The education watchdog’s inspection proposals will “exacerbate the high-stakes accountability culture” in schools, delegates at the annual conference of the NAHT school leaders’ union heard.

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