Schools freed from 'scourge of Ofsted teaching style', says Nick Gibb

Schools freed from ‘scourge of Ofsted teaching style’, says Nick Gibb

Schools minister claims that, thanks to government reforms, teachers are now free to pursue the most effective teaching methods.

Education reforms have freed teachers from being dictated to by an “Ofsted teaching style”, according to schools minister Nick Gibb.

In a speech at the Freedom and Autonomy for Schools National Association (FASNA) autumn conference today, he said: “By combining greater autonomy, raised expectations and a level playing field for all, the school system has gone from strength to strength”.

Mr Gibb told delegates: “By empowering teachers and headteachers and promoting an atmosphere of innovation and evidence, power is wrestled from the old authorities. Ideas are weighed and, if they are found wanting, they can be discarded.

“No longer does the scourge of the ‘Ofsted teaching style’ dictate pedagogy in English classrooms. Now teachers are free to pursue and debate the most effective teaching methods”.

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