Letter: School inspectors fail the test

Wednesday 05 February 1997 00:02 GMT

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Sir: In the light of statistics published about the number of incompetent teachers and under-achieving schools it would be interesting to know the percentage of incompetent Ofsted inspectors. Headteachers and school governors are powerless to challenge the findings of an Ofsted inspection. There is no authority to turn to if they have been unfairly treated.

It would be interesting to compare, if such an experiment were possible, the findings of two separate Ofsted teams inspecting the same school, in the same week

MARGARET POWELL

Grimsby, Lincolnshire

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