The Guardian opinion piece, on UK Politics, 13 November 2026
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Read the original article on theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)Simon Jenkins argues that Ofsted's inspection regime harms teachers and that schools should be run and inspected locally. He attributes his figures and quotations to their sources: a recent headteacher survey, a National Education Union poll, Paul Whiteman and Lucy Powell. We found nothing in the column that misleads its reader on the tests that apply to opinion.
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““The clear theme emerging across all the feedback we have received is that this Ofsted framework is even more stressful than the one that preceded it,” he said”
The strongest claim about the framework's danger is quoted and attributed to the head teachers' union leader, not stated in the columnist's own voice.
“has said she takes the reaction to the inspections “incredibly seriously” and said she wanted to see a system that was “more supportive” to staff”
Jenkins reports the Education Secretary's response in her own words, so the government's position appears in the column.
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