Ofsted

[Robusto]

Ofsted. Fucking Ofsted.

We were called to a meeting after work and told that Ofsted are coming next Wednesday and Thursday.

BEING WATCHED never stops. Last week a subject advisor had to come in and observe another teacher observing me teach an IT lesson to 30 pupils in Y11. (15 to 16 year olds coming up to GCSE exams).

The thing is it's all so unnecessary. So gay, in fact.

We will all cope but it's boring.

Just venting.

[Robusto]

Yes! It IS shit!
It doesn't deserve to be read!

[linfield100]

I attended a health & safety course on a National Grid site last year.
Thousands of volts buzzing over our heads, we were supposed to have all the correct gear, hats,boots etc.
Our manager had forgotten to order them but when we turned up the course examiner said he shouldn't really continue, but as we were all there, he'd carry on.
What's the point in any of this?

Tony

[Robusto]

It's all quite insane.

Welcome to hyper-checked, super-safe Britain!

In the three-way classroom observation I described up top, I was a guinea pig stuck in a troilist fantasy.

It was about the colleague observing me. I was a mere talking head. I might as well have been playing darts.

People are on good salaries to dish out all this gorgeous advice.

It was loony, and the only thing I'm certain to do when being observed when teaching is to start to show off a bit.

I take the piss in my mind. The only way to cope with nonsense.

Does anyone have an A3 sheet from about three years ago for a 'caring' initiative called Every Child Matters? I swear to God it was snakes and ladders designed by someone in Whitehall taking the piss.

It was impossible to take seriously.

[Robusto]

IT HAS BEEN CANCELLED!

My school is combining with another school down the road so we can't be inspected as we are too close to the amalgamation!

All the staff went off like ecstatic nutters when a note was taken round the classrooms by a kid.

Amalgamation. More joy ahead.

[Drewmidorn]

I'd be quite upset if people didn't want to watch me at work! lol

Brace yourself Bryan, i think their is going to be more and more of this.

Who evaluates the Ofsted inspectors?

D

[Robusto]

Word is that they're failed teachers.
Funny, that.