A response to Ofsted’s work with schools inquiry

Abstract

There is evidence that inspectors with different characteristics reach different
judgements, especially in primary schools for contract type (HMI versus OI) and gender.
• However, not enough research on Ofsted is done. There can be more transparency and
data made available by Ofsted to facilitate more research.
• The argument that inspection reports are useful for school choice needs to be revised.
• There is a tension between two competing functions of an inspectorate: accountability
and school improvement.
• There is a trade-off between consistency in judgements and the stakes: the higher the
stakes, the more problematic unreliable judgements are.

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ORCID for Christian Bokhove: orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-8723

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