LABOUR’S Bridget Phillipson was repeatedly heckled and booed by National Education Union conference delegates today after failing to commit to the abolition of Ofsted.

Addressing members in Bournemouth, the party’s shadow education secretary only called for the schools inspectorate to “turn a corner” and make improvements. 

NEU president Daniel Kebede was forced to intervene amid shouts of “Ofsted is not welcome here.” The union overwhelmingly backed a motion on Monday to replace the inspectorate’s “failed project with educationally sound alternatives.”