New Ofsted inspection regime damaging teachers, survey says

School inspections in England are still harming teachers and senior leaders, a survey by Ofsted shows. Eighty‑eight percent of the nine in ten school heads who answered said inspections had a negative impact on staff mental wellbeing, and 29 percent said the effect was large. The findings question the success of recent efforts to reduce inspector‑related stress.

Nine in 10 school heads who responded say inspections still ‘negatively affected’ staff mental health School inspections in England continue to damage the mental wellbeing of teachers and senior leaders, according to a survey commissioned by Ofsted that casts doubt on efforts to reduce the stress caused by inspectors’ visits. The independent survey of school leaders who had undergone the revised inspections since last year found that 88% said it had “negatively affected” the mental wellbeing of school staff, including 29% who said it affected them “a lot”.

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