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Pupils' well-being and education should not be sacrificed to meet new targets, a head teachers' leader is to say.
The NAHT's Russell Hobby will draw parallels with the "human tragedy" of Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust.
The effects of management by data will be more subtle in schools, but "equally devastating", the general secretary will say at its annual conference.
The government said schools had more freedom than ever before to use their "expertise and creativity".
A public inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire scandal found that hundreds of patients had died unnecessarily at the trust as it focused on cost-cutting and targets.
In a speech to his association's conference in Birmingham, Mr Hobby will say a relentless focus on the "bottom line" damages results in education.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22583529
The NAHT's Russell Hobby will draw parallels with the "human tragedy" of Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust.
The effects of management by data will be more subtle in schools, but "equally devastating", the general secretary will say at its annual conference.
The government said schools had more freedom than ever before to use their "expertise and creativity".
A public inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire scandal found that hundreds of patients had died unnecessarily at the trust as it focused on cost-cutting and targets.
In a speech to his association's conference in Birmingham, Mr Hobby will say a relentless focus on the "bottom line" damages results in education.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22583529