Ofsted’s Michael Wilshaw misunderstands the independent sector: schools with the resources of an Eton or Wellington are lean on the groundThe Ofsted chief,Michael Wilshaw, is always commendably clear when he addresses the ubiquitous iniquities (as he sees them) in education. At a summit last week he adopted his “spade is a shovel” approach, and taking a swipe at the teaching profession – leaders and teachers.
The former are just plain destitute; the latter need to be “battle-axes. To make certain he was being inclusive in his criticism of education,Wilshaw also took a potshot at the independent sector, which in his view is failing to deliver what he believes is the minimum to justify charitable status, and ie sponsoring a state academy.
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Source: theguardian.com