Ofsted inspectors are “unfairly influenced” by “inaccurate presumptions about Catholic schools”, according to the Catholic Education Service.
The complaint was made in a written submission from the CES to the House of Commons education committee.
The CES said that simply being a religious school was becoming a “red flag” to the inspection body.
“We are concerned about the lack of consistency in inspection outcomes and believe that more guidance is needed to support inspectors,” the CES said.
“There is evidence that some inspection teams are starting with inaccurate presumptions about Catholic schools which are unfairly influencing their inspection,” the statement continued, adding: “There sometimes appears to be a starting presumption that Catholic schools will be less good at dealing with certain issues, for example homophobic bullying”.
