A three-year-old’s response to an Ofsted questionnaire has been shared more than 2,000 times on social media.
Hayder al-Khoei’s young daughter Layla drew a picture on the form which asked respondents to note down whether they agree or disagree with statements such as “my school takes account of my views” and “my school encourages me to do things for myself and take on responsibility”.
Mr al-Khoei questioned whether the form was "appropriate" for children so young and whether Ofsted - a non-ministerial department that inspects services providing education - expected "parents to discuss responsibility and achievement potential with [two and three]-year-olds".
The father, an associate fellow at Chatham House, said his daughter confirmed the drawing was "a self-portrait, with a confused face [and] shoulder shrug".
Ofsted clarified that three-year-olds were not intended to fill out the forms. Rather, inspectors were meant to speak to young children.
Mr al-Khoei told The Independent: "Ofsted says the form should never have been given out... and since it has been shared thousands of times on social media I've been in touch with the school [which] also says [it was] surprised when [it] received the questionnaires. It clearly states on the top of the form that it is for 'pupils aged 2-19' and not for 'schools which provide education' to 2-19 year olds as Ofsted stated on Twitter in response to my initial post."
"I gave the questionnaire to Layla, my daughter, and told her to draw a picture to highlight the absurdity of a questionnaire 'for pupils aged 2-19'," he added.
Agreeing the questions on the form were too advanced, one social media user said that even senior school children had struggled to fill out the form.
When asked for a response, Ofsted, confirmed that the questions should not have been given out to a three-year-old, adding that all inspections were "age-appropriate".
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