The conduct of the Office for Standards in Education inspection at Comber Grove primary school, Camberwell, was the subject both of a critical article in The TES (June 29, 2001) and a detailed complaint to OFSTED by the headteacher Mike Kent.
In the article Mr Kent stated that “just over half” of the school’s complaints were upheld. OFSTED has since confirmed it upheld 10 points of complaint.
In its original response it partially supported the school’s view on a further eight points. On 13 points it made no criticism of the inspection team and on nine points OFSTED was able to reach no conclusion.
The article stated that no response to Mr Kent’s complaint was received from the contractor for three months. This was incorrect. He posted it on May 20, 2000 and received a response on July 15, 2000. We apologise for that error.
The TES caption to a picture of Mr Kent in our June 29, 2001 issue stated that he had complained about the OFSTED report. In fact, as the article on the subject made quite plain, his complaint was about the conduct of the inspection.
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