Ofsted to school leaders: “Your workload matters. Your stress levels, as we’ve seen today, matter. The sustainability of your leadership matters.” Ofsted to teachers: ‘One newly qualified teacher was observed “for the best part of two-and-a-half hours during the two days”’

All this ‘toll taking’ is just so unnecessary. Why? WHY??? Why do we continue to believe that this ludicrous guess-fest process ultimately serves the nation’s interests ? Look where have all the teachers gone! Dial this nonsense down …

NEW: Paul Stone, school leader, spoke to SchoolsWeek about his experience of new OFSTED inspections: "Staff described a level of pressure that is way heavier than anything they have seen beforehand, it was an awful lot of scrutiny, at a granular level, that schools aren’t used

This is what the residents of Bradford Street in Digbeth have to put up with on a daily basis. People causing damage to properties, unacceptable 🤨🤨🤨 Anyone recognise them ? Birmingham City Centre Police

Ofsted say leaders should feel “energised, not anxious” about the inspection changes... but when their own review warns of increased workload, trial inspections feel worse and the Big Listen still hasn’t been published, it’s no wonder the profession isn’t buying it. Trust isn’t

It is deeply worrying that any member of staff would be observed teaching for that length of time, more so an ECT. I thought we had made progress with lesson observations & moved away from this model on staff? I wonder how many teachers can robustly cope with this?

As a parent, I speak about Ofsted knowing the true value of the school they labelled “Inadequate” — and knowing the headteacher who took her life as a consequence. As Mr P MBE shows, from a frontline teaching perspective, whatever Ofsted claim, the system is essentially the same.

Tom Rogers I signed up to teach History, because that's what I'm good at. I'm not a f***ing babysitter & I'm not a parent.

I know teachers who: - Have stopped drinking water during the day because the staff toilet next to them has been broken for months. - who have an hour added to their morning routine because all but one photocopiers are broken. - are struggling to manage because most Support

Job advertised on TES. This is at a secondary school...dsl, sendco, behaviour lead. I hope nobody applies. It's an impossible position to put someone in.

You fucking idiots. Your twenties are the only time in your life where you'll be able to eat shit, get pissed all the time and go without serious amounts of sleep and not pay for it. Be a young, hedonistic twat while you still can, you boring little twats!

Why is ITV News at such ridiculous times this week? Will have to try another channel.

All is Claret, all is Blue. 💜 Merry Christmas and Up the Villa too! 🎄

Ofsted’s new inspections have created extra workload for school staff and put pressure on inspection teams, warns ASCL tes.com/magazine/news/…

February and March 2026. PLEASE SHARE ⭐ There is a new Youth Mental Health Course available to students. The course is approved through NHS and also offers their contributions. This will be funded and completely free for schools who choose to join the live online session with

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Steve Miller Yes, really. Would you do 20 hours of unpaid work every week, just for some attention seeker on Twitter to call you lazy?!

They listened to their own hype. Bazball has achieved nothing other than being a little bit entertaining a few times #ashes

Wow!! This week has been full of spirit, fight and determination with 9 big points! Proud to captain this team. Villa park was special today! UTV!! 💜💜

I love the bookmark feature on X! #avfc