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NUT Conference: ‘Big bully’ Ofsted snoops ‘need to be scrapped’

by Our News Desk

TEACHERS voted to scrap “big bully” Ofsted yesterday, blaming the much-criticised standards inspector for stacking up their workloads.

A “proper system of accountability” was suggested as a replacement for the schools watchdog by NUT delegates.

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