Keep Ofsted inspections paused until the COVID pandemic is under control. · petition

What the petition asks

Ofsted inspections need to be held off until the pandemic is more under control. They had been paused for a while and yet the government are now in talks about restarting them.

For anyone working in a school, Ofsted inspections are the most stressful time of the year. School staff are already under an immense pressure day to day due to the implications of COVID on staff numbers and safety. Adding the pressure of an Ofsted inspection will be extremely detrimental to the health and wellbeing of school staff and therefore impacting on the entire school environment.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Cancel Ofsted inspections of schools until Autumn term 2021.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

18 Nov 2020	Petition opened for signatures
24 Nov 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee