Treat good reports sceptically
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Treat good reports sceptically
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In August you reported an open letter to Education Secretary Gillian Shephard from a group of distinguished academics, including professors Antony Flew, Harvey Goldstein and Ted Wragg; the letter raised serious doubts about the reliability of OFSTED reports and about the credibility of the OFSTED inspection process. OFSTED seems to have made no attempt to answer these criticisms. No doubt many of your readers are awaiting a response with interest.
In the meantime, schools receiving good OFSTED reports should not get too carried away with self-esteem. Similarly, schools receiving bad reports should not be downhearted: OFSTED, I suspect, is an organisation “of whom to be dispraised were no small praise”.
S J PERCIVAL
207 High Street, London SE9
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