Motion
- Motion title
- OFSTED
- Session
- 2009-2010
- Meeting link
- FE conference
- Meeting date
- 31 May 2010
- Status
- Passed unanimously
- Motion
- FE12
- Motion text
Conference believes that the present model for adult and further education Ofsted inspection does not serve the needs of staff or students.
Since 2004 when Ofsted was given responsibility for inspecting colleges and improving standards within them
the burden of lesson observations on lecturers has increased
college managers have often used the existence of Ofsted to bully staff and place unreasonable demands on them
graded lesson observations have had no beneficial impact on the quality of teaching and learning.
Conference believes that Ofsted is not fit for purpose and is costly and bureaucratic, and therefore calls for
the NEC to call for Ofsted's abolition and replacement with a self regulating structure
peer observations to be encouraged, with time allocated to take part in them
UCU to investigate the feasibility of a policy of non-compliance with graded lesson observations.
- Proposing body
- Composite
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Further education committee (FEC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2010/F/05-31/064/FE12