Yet more bureaucrats? Sheesh!

From Politics Home we learn that the incoming head of Ofsted has backed the idea of local commissioners being set up to spot problems and oversee changes to failing schools. In an interview with The Times, Sir Michael Wilshaw said there needed to be “some sort of intermediary bodies which can detect when things aren't going well”. Labour’s Stephen Twigg said his party would give “serious consideration” to the proposals. (my emphasis)


From the website of Ofsted (Who we are and what we do):

"Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We report directly to Parliament and we are independent and impartial. We inspect and regulate services which care for children and young people, and those providing education and skills for learners of all ages. Every week, we carry out hundreds of inspections and regulatory visits throughout England, and publish the results on our website." (my emphasis)

Needless to say, it appears that Stephen is unable to 'Twigg' that this is just creating yet more public sector workers at a time when the government is attempting to cull that group - neither does he appear to question why, if additional 'Commissioners' are required, just what the hell have Ofsted being doing?


Just saying..............