The public services trade union served Ofsted with a pre-action legal letter disputing the proposals and warned that a new pay structure would mean school inspectors earned almost twice as much as early years and childcare inspectors.
The move follows union concerns about the privatisation of the Ofsted service (News, 11 September).
The letter alleges that Ofsted has failed to comply with the equality duties in the Sex Discrimination Act. It says that without conducting an equality impact assessment the new proposals could result in unlawful sex discrimination and victimisation. It also claims that inadequate consultation was taken with Unison.
A statement from the union said, 'Unison has asked Ofsted to revoke their proposals, asked for an explanation of why the decisions were taken and requested relevant information. We have given Ofsted two weeks to respond, but are allowing them the option of short extension should they need it because of the Christmas holidays.'
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