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Ofsted and ‘British values’

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  • June 2017

There has now been a litany of controversial ‘British values’ inspections by Ofsted. Sold to the public as a solution to extremism, instead the inspections have proved to be a tool for promoting political correctness.

References

References

  1. 1The Daily Telegraph, 29 November 2014
  2. 2ComRes, Parliamentary Panel Survey, 13 January-23 February 2016; The Daily Telegraph, 7 March 2016
  3. 3The Sunderland Echo, 14 January 2015
  4. 4Metro online, 23 January 2015, see http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/23/schoolgirl-left-in-tears-over-school-inspectors-lesbian-questions-5033150/ as at 11 May 2016
  5. 5The Sunderland Echo, 14 January 2015
  6. 6ITV News online, 20 January 2015, see http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2015-01-20/christian-school-in-sunderland-placed-in-special-measures-following-inadequate-rating-by-inspectors/ as at 11 May 2016
  7. 7The Guardian, 24 November 2015
  8. 8The Telegraph online, 25 October 2014, see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11187655/Trojan-Horse-rules-stopping-us-being-a-Christian-school-governors-warn.html as at 11 May 2016
  9. 9The Independent online, 20 June 2013, see http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/wealthy-suburban-schools-risk-losing-outstanding-status-over-failing-poorest-pupils-warns-ofsted-8667141.html as at 11 May 2016
  10. 10The Tablet, 10 October 2014, see http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/1268/103/ofsted-pulls-report-that-chided-suffolk-school-for-its-lack-ofanti-radicalisation-teaching as at 11 May 2016
  11. 11The Guardian online, 14 November 2014, see http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/nov/14/ofsted-british-values-suffolk-school-bury-st-edmunds as at 11 May 2016
  12. 12The Telegraph online, 15 December 2014, see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11292905/Catholics-demand-apology-after-Ofsted-makes-unsubstantiated-extremism-claim-against-school.html as at 11 May 2016
  13. 13Jewish News, 14 October 2014, see http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/ofsted-bullying/ as at 11 May 2016
  14. 14The Guardian, 30 October 2014
  15. 15The Jewish Chronicle online, 28 January 2015, see http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/129011/ofsted-unfair-jewish-schools as at 11 May 2016
  16. 16Oldknow Academy, Ofsted report, 16-17 January 2013; The Guardian, 28 March 2012; Saltley School and Specialist Science College, Ofsted report, 9-10 May 2013; Adderley Primary School, Ofsted report, 23-24 January 2012; Shaw Hill Primary School, Ofsted report, 6-7 June 2013 and Washwood Heath Technology College, Ofsted report, 18-19 October 2012
  17. 17Clarke, Peter, Report into allegations concerning Birmingham schools arising from the ‘Trojan Horse’ letter, July 2014, HC 576, Figure 1, page 47
  18. 18The Guardian, 28 March 2012
  19. 19The Guardian, 31 May 2014. The outstanding reports on Park View Academy are no longer available on Ofsted’s website.
  20. 20Park View School Academy of Mathematics and Science, Ofsted report, 5-6 and 17-18 March 2014; Rockwood Academy, Ofsted, see http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/138059 as at 20 June 2016
  21. 21The Daily Telegraph, 20 November 2014
  22. 22The Middle Rasen Primary School, Ofsted report, 21-22 October 2014
  23. 23Daily Express, 29 April 2016
  24. 24TES online, 8 June 2015, see http://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/%E2%80%98i-wrote-about-my-ofsted-experiences-and-received-a-postbag as at 20 June 2016
  25. 25House of Commons Education Committee, Oral evidence: The Work of Ofsted, 16 September 2015, HC 400, page 5 and private communication dated 25 January 2016
  26. 26House of Commons, Hansard, 12 March 2015, cols 489-490
  27. 27House of Commons, Hansard, 15 June 2015, col. 12
  28. 28House of Commons, Hansard, 12 March 2015, col. 496
  29. 29Daily Mail, 24 January 2015; The Northern Echo, 4 February 2015, see http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/NEWS/11769593.print/ as at 11 May 2016; Breitbart news, 27 February 2015, see http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/02/27/christian-school-where-ofsted-branded-pupils-bigots-will-close-education-secretary-confirms/ as at 11 May 2016
  30. 30The Daily Telegraph, 5 May 2015
  31. 31The Durham Free School, Ofsted report, 26–27 November 2014
  32. 32The Chronicle online, 28 January 2015, see http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/ofsted-chief-tells-mps-homophobic-8533049 as at 11 May 2016; The Chronicle online, 27 February 2015, see http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/watch-durham-free-schools-pupils-873827 as at 6 July 2016

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