Backlash after Ofsted’s ‘muscular liberalism’ push
from The Christian Institute:
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector is facing calls to resign following her inflammatory speech about faith schools.
Amanda Spielman had called on schools to promote a “muscular liberalism” to ‘face down’ socially conservative views.
Her speech to a Church of England schools conference has come under fire from those who say such ‘liberalism’ is anything but liberal, and undermines free speech.
Alienation
Christians in Education’s Gill Robins said Spielman cannot “abuse her role as Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills by imposing her views on society.”
Mrs Robins also noted that Ofsted’s motto is ‘Raising Standards, Improving Lives’, but asserted: “Lives are improved when people have the opportunity to determine their own beliefs, not have them inculcated by aggressive secular dogmatists.”
She added that Ofsted’s position will simply drive the real problems underground “whilst alienating vast tracts of a reasonable and balanced society”.
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