to be pleased my dcs school has been placed on special measures?

[liveinazoo]

our ofsted report has been made available by the school today and have been put on special measures

a lot of the parents are up in arms and complaining they dont want their dcs attending a school thats failing

we knew it was going down hill,and had been for a while

i see this as a positive step forward,with the school being accountable for its actions and being supported to improve,or am i missing something spectacular?

YANBU. If things are bad then this label won't make them worse - it's a way of highlighting the problems so that change can be made for the better.

YANBU

It's a call to arms, things will get better - if your child is there for long enough to benefit from the improvements

YANBU if it's failing anyway.

On the other hand, most of the schools in London who haven't come out of special measures within a very short time, have been forced to become Academies by the LA.

That's not always a bad thing either if it improves the quality of teaching.

YANBU. It hasn't changed overnight - the school is of the same standard today as it was yesterday. All that's changed is it's been called out as a school that needs attention and resources, and (if it gets what it needs) it will improve. Far, far better than bumbling along at the bottom of 'acceptable' for another 5 years, IMHO.

My DS's school has a bad attendence record, allowances are made for the RAF, Traveller and families form other countries but the record is still bad. I was told by the head they are nearly in special measures... I wonder if they were it would give families a kick up the backside

our school also has issues with attendance
my dcs have been hit by a stream bugs that have givent ehm fevers in the first few days and ive all but been hunded for having them at home
ds had a bad chest last week that required OOD visit and then see gp 3 days later.i had provide proof to the school that he was actually at the doctorsand was unfit for school,which i felt was maybe a touch OTT but i can see now we have been told we are on special measures that they are trying