Luke Pollard MP Case 48507 18) Ofsted for Schools? Then Armps - Annual Reports for MPs!

Ofsted's new school report card worse than old system, say headteachers. Unions as well as school leaders say proposed changes to replace four-grade approach in England are ‘demoralising’ Richard Adams + Peter Walker. The Guardian. 03/02/2025 Hello news@plymouthherald, Let's apply the new "laser-like" Ofsted framework, talked-up by its new Chief Inspector, Martyn Oliver, to MP Luke Pollard's office. He's kept us waiting for a written reply/response to the concerns we tried to raise about the "irrational" and "illogical" decisions made by ombudsmen, for 2,896 days now. Under the Chief Inspector's new report card that would be: "causing concern." At least it should be - only no-one seems prepared to do anything about it. Or even acknowledge it as a "problem." Common people can be ignored for an eternity it would seem. Only important people get listened to. Then there's the issue of: "safeguarding." How does a 2,896 day wait meet that requirement? It quite clearly doesn't. Nor does it meet the one for, "inclusion." It is however, extremely, "demoralising." Richard Adams and Peter Walker report, "Moves to overhaul the way schools are inspected in England have been criticised by headteachers and teaching unions as “demoralising” and worse than the system they are aiming to replace." "Oliver said the new report card would be fairer and more balanced, reducing the strains on schools and teachers by using 'a laser light instead of a floodlight' to focus on key areas during inspections." They continue, "But Prof Julia Waters, Perry’s sister, said her fears that Ofsted was incapable of reforming the inspection regime had been justified. 'Ofsted’s proposed new inspection model has some improvements but retains many of the dangerous features of the previous system, while introducing a series of changes with potential new risks to the wellbeing of teachers and headteachers,' Waters said." We would like to add this thought to the "discussion." If it's such a good idea to bully and intimidate the teaching profession into a state where the alternatives seem to be - quit or commit suicide, why isn't it forced upon RICS unregulated surveyors and MPs? And why does a supposedly modern democracy with a purportedly progressive Labour party tolerate such obvious, odious ongoing discrimination? On Monday, Catherine McKinnell, the schools minister, hit back at the idea that the Ofsted proposals were confusing, saying parents would want a greater level of detail. “Information is power and, I actually think it’s a bit insulting to say that this is too confusing for parents that they don’t understand more information about their child’s school,” she told Times Radio. “I think quite the opposite. I think parents want to understand what’s going on in a child’s school. A parent knows their child really well and they might know that a particular school that has one approach might not be the best environment for their child, but actually a school that takes a really inclusive approach to their education, that might be what they want for their child.” Catherine McKinnell is Vice Chair of Labour Friends of Israel, we think its a bit insulting for such a person to lecture teachers on what's good for them when so many Palestinian children have no school to go to. They've been raised to the ground by her friends in Israel. "Cause for concern?" "Safeguarding?" "Inclusion?" Steve Gilbert - The Ombudsmans61percent Campaign.