Ofsted must ‘reflect on culture’ of school inspections, Labour says

The party would keep the checks but reform the way they operate, Labour frontbencher Wes Streeting said.

Wes Streeting said Labour would reform school inspections (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Wire)

Labour has urged Ofsted to “reflect on the culture” of school inspections following the “heartbreaking” death of headteacher Ruth Perry.

Amid calls for the checks to be paused, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said his party would keep them but reform the way they operate.

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson will be consulting with the teaching profession on the tone and the “unhealthy” level of pressure that comes with inspections in the coming weeks, he said.