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Just six per cent of teachers feel positively about the proposed reforms Ofsted has unveiled this week, a poll has revealed.

The education watchdog has launched a 12-week consultation on its proposals 鈥� which are aimed at raising standards and relieving pressure on teachers and heads 鈥� and include introducing new 鈥榬eport cards鈥�.

But in a poll of more than 11,000 teachers on Wednesday,  by daily survey app , zero per cent of respondents said they were 鈥榲ery positive鈥� about Ofsted鈥檚 plans.

Just six per cent said they were 鈥榮omewhat positive鈥�.

Meanwhile, more than one-third expressed reservations about the proposals, with 20 per cent saying they felt 鈥榮omewhat negative鈥� and 16 per cent 鈥榲ery negative鈥�.

One-third said they had not seen the new plans, which were unveiled by Ofsted on Monday.

The proposed 鈥榬eport cards鈥� would be used to assess schools and convey their performance to parents.

Instead of single-word judgments, Ofsted proposes to rate schools across up to 11 different areas.

Every school would be judged on leadership and governance, curriculum, developing teaching, achievement, behaviour and attitudes, attendance, personal development and well-being, inclusion and safeguarding. Those with early years provision or sixth forms would also be graded on these areas.

Across all areas but safeguarding, schools will be given one of five judgements: exemplary, strong, secure, attention needed, or causing concern. Safeguarding requirements will be judged as either 鈥榤et鈥� or 鈥榥ot met鈥�. 

Chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver said the plans are designed to 鈥渞aise standards and improve the lives of children, particularly the most disadvantaged鈥�.

Tom Rees, chair of the DfE expert advisory group for inclusion, said Ofsted 鈥渋s putting disadvantaged children and children with SEND at the heart of their reforms鈥�.

Teachers ‘doubt plan will improve SEND inclusion’

But in another Teacher Tapp poll of more than 10,000 teachers, almost half said they felt the new focus on inclusion would 鈥榩robably not鈥� (38 per cent) or 鈥榙efinitely not鈥� (10 per cent) lead to meaningful improvements in how schools support disadvantaged and SEND pupils.

Just 14 per cent felt it would 鈥榩robably鈥� lead to improvements, one per cent said it 鈥榙efinitely鈥� would, and 27 per cent were unsure.

Union the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has also carried out a snap poll of its members, which found they overwhelmingly disagreed with Ofsted’s plans.

In the poll of more than 3,000 school leaders, 92 per cent disagreed with the proposal to introduce a five-point graded judgements across 10 different areas.

Meanwhile 96 per cent said they do not think Ofsted will make meaningful changes in response to concerns shared during the consultation.

Oliver said the report card model would replace the 鈥渟implistic鈥� one-word judgement system with 鈥渁 suite of grades, giving parents much more detail and better identifying the strengths and areas for improvement for a school, early years or further education provider鈥�.

鈥淥ur new top 鈥榚xemplary鈥� grade will help raise standards, identifying world-class practice that should be shared with the rest of the country,鈥� he said. 鈥淎nd by quickly returning to monitor schools that have areas for improvement, we will ensure timely action is taken to raise standards.

鈥淲e also hope that this more balanced, fairer approach will reduce the pressure on professionals working in education, as well as giving them a much clearer understanding of what we will be considering on inspection.鈥�

The Ofsted consultation is running until April 28. Find out more and have your say .

Teacher Tapp has yet to weight the responses to its poll, so the results may change slightly.