The NASUWT teaching union will campaign for the abolition of Ofsted and its replacement with a “supportive framework”, after passing a motion at its conference.
Delegates voted to instruct the union’s national executive to campaign for the watchdog to be scrapped “in its current form”.
The motion also commits NASUWT to working with other unions to “call for an immediate freeze of all inspections in order that a full mental health impact assessment on teachers and school leaders be carried out”.
NASUWT has argued for years that inspection is not fit for purpose, but will renew its campaign for change following an outpouring of anger following reports of the death of Reading headteacher Ruth Perry.
