The Green Party's education spokesperson Vix Lowthion has welcomed the resignation of Ofsted chief David Hoare after he described the Isle of Wight as an 'inbreeding ghetto' and called on the education secretary to undertake a total overhaul of the 'inefficient and inadequate' body.
Lowthion said:
"I called for Mr Hoare's resignation two and a half weeks ago when his comments about the Isle of Wight's schools made his position untenable. Now we must move on from the personal and unsavoury nature of Mr Hoare's comments and resignation towards a collective effort to improving education standards for all.
"Action must be taken to reduce the inequality of funding for all school children in England and Wales. The Secretary of State for Education should now take this opportunity to improve the quality of school provision by overhauling OFSTED which time and again has proved to be an inefficient and inadequate way to assess our schools."