Exactly that really... dd school has had a turbulent few years and there have been multiple changes in leadership and long term staff sickness.... ds has gone through periods there of being very unhappy, in a poorly behaved class and being unchallenged by work (think doing maths homework’s now year that he was going independently this time last year). Dh and I are both teachers and at times have taken a back seat however recently have been more proactive in raising concerns we have. There is another acting headteacher in place this year however it is too soon to see if the changes she puts in place are effective. Suddenly school looks very estyn prepped and children (the weekend before they arrive) all have shiny targets in their books despite actually having no idea what his targets are himself! School have known estyn will inevitably be in this year as they are already overdue so aibu to think they should have done this sooner! This week is the estyn visit and we still have big concerns.... so do I sit quietly in the meeting, knowing that in my parents questionnaire I have answered honestly or do I raise my concerns in the meeting? Ive been through 4 inspections as a teacher but don’t know the format of the meetings so have no idea what to expect! We have always been very supportive of the school but it has become increasingly obvious that there have been significant areas which have been overlooked by past leadership team and that school is not doing as well as it could/should. The last thing I would want is to hang the staff (who work exceptionally hard in the whole) out to dry but I would hate for the inspection to come out having missed areas of concern because the last head was an estyn inspector so knows the holes to plug as it were!