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An Ofsted banner at Adderley Primary School in Birmingham
OFSTED “does not work with schools to make improvements and needs major reforms,” teaching assistants represented by the GMB union stressed today.
A whopping 80 per cent of the workforce surveyed by the general union warned that England’s widely criticised schools inspectorate “does not have a good impact on schools, putting them under too much pressure.”
The public body is finding itself increasingly under the pump following the death of primary school headteacher Ruth Perry in January.
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
KEVAN NELSON reveals how, through its Organising to Win strategy, which has launched targeted campaigns like Pay Fair for Patient Care, Britain’s largest union bucked the trend of national decline by growing by 70,000 members in two years