Inner Headteacher

Our school account is for professional me. This is my inner HT voice. HT for decades - now I’m ready to speak out a little bit more.

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@Headteacherchat Teacher with best annual attendance gets a cup of hot chocolate with the CEO in their office.

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

With the amount of new DfE, Ofsted and other expectations being placed on schools from all sorts of organisations to implement - should we be getting more INSET?

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@Headteacherchat It’s not the job it was. Ofsted pressures, being ridiculously accountable for attendance, no money for basic resources (where is the money for library books?) - if I was 25 years younger I wouldn’t train for 4 years and saddle myself with student debt for this. No chance.

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@vicgoddard But it’s our fault that they aren’t in and what are we doing about it? 🤷

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@smithsmm @cherrylkd @Ofstednews And now we have to go out weekly to do home visits to set up attendance contracts because we are also responsible for the children being sent to school, not their parents. What else can they throw our way?

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@educationgovuk @bphillipsonMP WTAF? Is this a fever dream? Has someone spiked my coffee?

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@cerysturner7 @tes With less people to work with children… increase spend on well trained people and inclusion will flourish. Fund well.

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

The “MOT for schools” analogy is poor because it’s not simply pass/fail.
Schools r judged across many areas, with complex contextual pressures behind every outcome. Comparing both types of school as though they arrive at inspection in the same condition ignores reality entirely.

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

Ofsted like an MOT?
An affluent sch in an area with 💪attendance, ⬇️ SEND and supp families is the nearly-new BMW. It’s stressful, but manageable.
A school battling deprivation, CP, ⬆️ SEND is a Fiat Panda - dodgy brakes and a sticking gearbox. The closer the MOT,the ⬆️ dread

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@Headteacherchat The same as I think about Ofsteds. Waste of time and money. To think we trained subject leaders to be ready to spout deep dive shite about disciplinary and procedural knowledge from Ofsted subject research guides. What a stupid game.

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@MrColesDrama Never been on it. Never will. The non education people on there are generally ego trumpet blowers who chase the salary. If school leaders are on there it would just wind me up with their similar utter nonsense. They can all do one.

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@Headteacherchat This must be bait. Your trust director is quite the prick if not.

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@TurnipRail The ceo of the company that got the government contract for these used the money to buy a new jag and have the interior fully upholstered in the same medium rare steak coloured faux leather.

[Mr P MBE @ICT_MrP]

Letting Ofsted reform themselves has led to a system that is worse. I had to ask the ed sec what she thinks of the concerns so many teachers and school leaders have towards this new framework. Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts.

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@james_xond I still remember all my best mates landline numbers by heart. I miss speaking to their parents, many of whom have passed, asking where they thought they might be and them telling me to tell them to get home by 9:00 if I saw them out later.

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@WorkElizab No - they need to know more and remember more
…
About things they can find out from a simple search…
But they need testing on it 3 times a year…
And data shared with everyone…
And the data better be good or my house valuation will fall cos i moved here for the the school.

[Cherryl-kd @cherrylkd]

Source: Schools Week

Special Schools Ofsted https://t.co/PEMWDFQ7tu

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@cherrylkd Another layer proving that they hadn’t even thought of this. Oh - hang on…what about specials…oh let’s amend. Now all schools with high EHCP and resource bases need same discretion. FACT.

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@dave_mcpartlin @Headteacherchat Working in schools where there are big things happening was always worn like a badge of honour. Not many can do it. Not many would risk it. We were once perceived by those in the know as the elite. We still are. We don’t need attention. We give attention.

[Inner Headteacher @InnerHedteacher]

@Thevictoria76 The whole population of cubic zirconia are out searching.