The public is just emotional, rather than thinking rationally. The lack of inspections isn’t going to magically make schools better.
“….until assessors have been properly trained in protecting the wellbeing of school staff”.
Seems fine given what happened tbh?
My mother was a deputy headteacher for something like forty years and Ofsted have always been borderline abusive. She actually still gets nightmares at 73 of Ofsted inspections. I sometimes have to go up and shake her awake because she’s crying out in her sleep – and it’s always an ‘inspection dream.’
Obviously oversight is important, as is maintaining high standards in schools, but *not* at the expense of teachers’ welfare, so this halt until the inspectors are better – and ideally more compassionately – trained, is a damn good idea.
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The public is just emotional, rather than thinking rationally. The lack of inspections isn’t going to magically make schools better.
“….until assessors have been properly trained in protecting the wellbeing of school staff”.
Seems fine given what happened tbh?
My mother was a deputy headteacher for something like forty years and Ofsted have always been borderline abusive. She actually still gets nightmares at 73 of Ofsted inspections. I sometimes have to go up and shake her awake because she’s crying out in her sleep – and it’s always an ‘inspection dream.’
Obviously oversight is important, as is maintaining high standards in schools, but *not* at the expense of teachers’ welfare, so this halt until the inspectors are better – and ideally more compassionately – trained, is a damn good idea.