‘We need to talk about Ofsted,’ says trust chief executive

An academy trust boss has urged leaders to “speak honestly” and “without fear” about problems with the inspection regime.

Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust (LAAT), which runs 24 primaries and secondaries across Lincolnshire, has been through six full inspections and two monitoring visits at a seventh school since Ofsted launched its new framework late last year.

In an open letter calling out inconsistencies with the watchdog’s framework, Jackie Waters-Dewhurst, the trust’s chief executive, said she was “increasingly concerned about the processes’ consistency and the experience of those being inspected”.