Gwen Evans, deputy general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said Ofsted's guidance for schools on pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development was "mildly corrective" because it did not just focus on test results.
"It's no good promoting the admirable principles in the document in a competitive environment where tables and testing and getting results by any possible means remain the biggest part of a teacher's life," said Evans.
She said the ethos of a school was the most important thing in promoting a child's moral development.
- Promoting and evaluating pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is at www.ofsted.gov.uk.
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