People on the street: School league tables

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We went out onto the streets of Manchester to ask people their views on whether the current system for judging schools is fair, or if an alternative needs to be found.

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00:00Hi I'm Theo and this is People on the Street. Today I'm out in Manchester asking people

00:03about school league tables. Now similarly to Ofsted there's been questions over whether

00:08league tables help or hinder schools from being able to develop themselves and the kids

00:13that they educate. So we want to know whether people think it's a good idea or whether they'd

00:16like to see some sort of change in the system.

00:19So I think Ofsted should be disbanded, done away with and teachers left to teach in schools.

00:26I mean yeah just let the teachers do their thing, let them learn and do their training.

00:29I mean the best I could say is maybe just have, instead of it being a big graded thing,

00:33just have people come in, watch and then just leave it at that. You don't need to make a

00:36grade, just have them watch so that they know it's all done alright and then if anything's

00:40particularly bad they can say you've got to stop it.

00:42My wife is a retired primary school teacher and hated SATs, hated Ofsted. She just loved

00:49children, she loved learning and teaching children. I've been a school governor for

00:5313 years. I don't think Ofsted are worth anything like the salaries they get.

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