So what if my school is rated satisfactory by OFSTED

[Somarefuser]

Seriously, why should I care?
I have worked there for 5 years and the staff have been nagged and harassed at every meeting and INSETs. Whatever we do is never enough and the good is rarely noticed let alone praised. Most of us scuttle along trying to avoid the predators.
The school is rated good with outstanding features, as am I as a teacher, the children are happy and make good progress, there is a thriving PTA etc etc. The classroom level staff get on well with each other and support each other.
But I'm weary of being this battered by SLT every week. We are due an OFSTED in the Autumn term, and the pressure is being cranked up further.
I'm finding it hard to care about it. Why don't I just plod along in survival mode and why should I care if we are rated satisfactory for some tiny new detail of the 5,000 new details since last time is forgotten? There is a limit to how much I can take and I think I've reached it. I am no longer a company woman or even buying into the establishment jargon and ethos. So, what are the consequences to me of my school being satisfactory, and how can it be any worse than now?

earthpixie I spoke to someone whose mother was an ofstead inspector and she also said its rubbish!

DH's school was rated as satisfactory instead of good last time because of the results. Not enough children were entered for GCSEs. This is a school for 8-16yr old with severe EBD where a good day is where no-one has thrown a chair, a punch or a string of swear words. Where some pupils are pre-verbal and many can't read or have a very low reading age.

I think Ofsted inhabits a different universe to the rest of us.

I'm watching this thread with a lot of interest as ds' school has just been placed in "special measures". However ds has autism and while we're waiting for his statement to come through the school, entirely off their own back, have given him his own TA and support for the full day. They absolutely bend over backwards for him and as a result he's flourishing. I dread to think how it would be had he had to fend for himself in a class of 30.

A few parents have started taking their children out as a result of the last ofsted report which is sad because I think it's a really good school.