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

Conference accuses inspectorate of ‘mercilessly bullying’ teachers and follows NEU in calling for change

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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