The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) was scathing in its assessment of the situation, labelling it “frankly ridiculous” to ask schools to prepare for a “complete change in the inspection system” in just two months.
For its part, Ofsted is not backing down. It said it “fully intended to make improvements to the proposed inspection framework” but needed time to do this. It is promising “comprehensive briefings” and training events for schools in the first half of the autumn term “while routine inspections are on hold” to help them prepare.
But ASCL general secretary Pepe Di’Iasio is unhappy, saying this week: “The introduction of a nonsensical inspection framework is now compounded by a nonsensical timetable.”
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