The Briefing Room - What’s the point of Ofsted?

This week the Education Select Committee said that Ofsted and the Government must rebuild trust and make major changes to school inspections.

This follows months of news coverage of the death of Ruth Perry, the headteacher who killed herself following an Ofsted inspection at her primary school. The coroner ruled that it contributed to her death.

This week we ask - what’s the point of Ofsted?

David is joined by the following experts:
Sam Freedman, senior fellow at the Institute for Government
John Jerrim, Professor of Education and Social Statistics, at UCL
Carole Willis, Chief Executive, National Foundation for Educational Research
Colin Diamond, Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Birmingham

Production team: Nick Holland, Kirsteen Knight and Charlotte McDonald
Production Co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman
Sound: Hal Haines and Neil Churchill
Editor: Richard Vadon

Published on Thursday, 1st February 2024.

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