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@Jane_Flynn @RetirementTales Yes I could read and write too and Kept telling everyone it was wrong , I spent a lot of time stood in the corner ! I later became a teacher …..

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@Headteacherchat Finally, having the mind set that this is a role , it is not a life sentence, I am in control and I can choose to leave and go else where, helped enormously .

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@Headteacherchat I employed a home school link worker which helped a lot with some parent drama.I was available to staff but made it clear I did not want long emails out of hours, I also changed staff culture by passing the monkey back “ What could you do about that ?.”

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I was shocked to see a KS1 teaching post advertised for 1 year which was full time, paying term time only which works out at.66 , a worrying trend .

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@TTRadioOfficial I was told that we couldn’t get an outstanding as it was too early in the term ( week 2 Aut 1) from a well known Ofsted news HMI 🤷.

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@VcrolVictoria @dave_mcpartlin Yes and as one of the unimportant people ( in his eyes) he blocked me after just one comment !

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@TimPreston93673 @SchoolsWeek @kiwibirdxx Shocking

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@Nicola123452 Yes when I went to see a cardiologist the nurse said to him, as I walked in “ Head teacher Portsmouth” we must have all been rocking up !

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@Edmund_B_W If the whole situation wasn’t so sad 😞that statement would be laughable.

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@PaulGarvey4 @dan_ofsted @SwailesRuth Thank you for your support. I have experienced an inspection with DL he didn’t listen to me then either.

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@dan_ofsted @ChairTrust @dave_mcpartlin I was once told by a certain Ofsted inspector that my school couldn’t get an outstanding as it was too early in the year ( we were inspected the second week of the autumn term 2017) .

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@dave_mcpartlin The trouble is it is more than Ofsted, many of the Academy CEOs are in cahoots with Ofsted and the DFE . The rot runs deep .

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@dave_mcpartlin I agree even as a retired head I have found speaking out stressful, the toxic culture is so deeply engrained .

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@dan_ofsted @SwailesRuth Fair enough, but I still wish to make my point that Ofsted isn’t listening. We want Ofsted to be more human, the system has lost that , please feed that back.

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@dan_ofsted @SwailesRuth “But reforms that helped to bring improvement have been poisoned by over-emphasis on autonomy and a devil-take-the-hindmost approach. Accountability has gone too far and become punitive.”I quote the great Tim Brighouse. Ofsted badly need to reflect, it is time for change.

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@Oldprimaryhead1 Amazing man, I did my probationary year in Birmingham , I met him in my school and said I couldn’t afford to attend any courses at the teachers centre (you paid in those days) he listened and made courses for probationers free.

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@Nicola123452 He inspected my school, said we could fail because he didn’t like the way my SCR was set out ( I had followed LEA guidelines). He left my office and my poor admin officer vomited in my bin. They have no idea 🤷‍♂️ what they do.

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@dan_ofsted @WayneNorrie Such a wonderful human being. Ofsted should use him as a template. Humanity and kindness is what Ofsted needs to show.

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@dan_ofsted @SwailesRuth You still don’t get it .