The sister of the headteacher Ruth Perry, who took her own life following an Ofsted report, says it's "depressing" to see the Government has decided to keep one word judgements for school inspections. The government was asked by the Education Select Committee to scrap the single word assessment - such as "outstanding or inadequate" - but said today it's keeping the headline grade because it provides a "succinct" summary for parents and schools. Report by Czubalam. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Well, I think I've been saying over the last year that there is obviously, you know, that
00:06 word, that particular word inadequate is a really, really horrible, inappropriate word
00:14 to use in the context of education in any context. But actually, you know, whatever
00:21 word or two words used to sum up a school can never be accurate. The idea that that
00:27 is somehow a helpful summary, it just is a nonsense to think that one word could ever
00:35 sum up a school, however strong that school may be. The Department for Education and Ofsted
00:44 have said repeatedly that they are listening. Well, they haven't been listening because
00:49 the evidence is overwhelming. The voices from across the teaching profession are overwhelming
00:56 with the immeasurable damage those single word judgments do. Actions, they need to act
01:02 now to stop listening or pretending to listen and to act, to act to prevent future deaths.
01:09 It's as simple as that. And single word judgments have to go. They're not the only thing. They
01:15 are absolutely not the only thing that's wrong with this fatally flawed inspection system.
01:20 But they are a key, sort of emblematic feature of the system on which so many of the other
01:29 harmful features hinge. They have to go.
01:33 - Yeah.