BBC Safeguard issue in schools

[nicholab]

I don’t know how this https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56566442 can be the case having worked on schools from 2006 to 2019 after safeguarding seem to be the watch word. To me it does now seem that ofsted should be merged with ISI as that means that the inspection of schools is then one team.

[Lonix]

Same where I work - very OCD on safeguarding which is a good thing but not every place is going to be like that.

 

*not at my current job* I do know of one story and that did conclude with the law involved in the end. There was an attempt to sweep it under the carpet which I only found out due to being involved in the 2nd internal investigation. It did get reported to the police, it did go to court and the individual was punished but nothing happened regarding how the school handled it.

 

If it had happened now where I currently work > the individual would have been thrown out the door instantly and reported to the police right away. The evidence was clear and both parties admitted it....... twice.

 

If our government can cover-up things... what about other parts of society....

Edited March 30, 2021 by Lonix

[TechMonkey]

To me it does now seem that ofsted should be merged with ISI as that means that the inspection of schools is then one team.

 

That isn't an easy fix as the way ISI works is completely different, OFSTED works at stretching point at the best of times and the criteria are different for independents and state schools. It isn't a private school issue, and it isn't an inspection issue. It is a people not being cruddy people issue and not putting the school before their pupils.