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Nurseries and childminders join call for Ofsted changes after charity reveals staff find inspections stressful
Unison members (left to right) James Denny, George Binette and Amanda Benthan hand in a petition signed by 45,000 people calling for Ofsted to be abolished to the Department for Education in Westminster, central London, March 23, 2023
NURSERIES, preschools and childminders joined the clamour for Ofsted reform today after a new poll revealed that most staff find inspections too stressful.
A whopping 1,586 out of just over 1,700 workers surveyed by the Early Years Alliance said that visits by England’s education inspectorate are “sometimes” or “often” a source of stress.
The charity demanded a review of Ofsted’s four one-word grades, which range from “outstanding” to “inadequate.”
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