To be crying at the Ofsted report just published for my DS school?

[babyno5]

I opposed the conversion to academy status for this very reason. The pressure of that opposition made me many enemies and resulted in me having a breakdown and exactly as I feared they have now been graded “requires improvement”
Feel absolutely heartbroken 😢

Thank you baby, my dd happy enough but after the changes I’ll admit I’ve git my fingers crossed for her grades this year. (If it’s the same) I had the pleasure of meeting the old head only a handful of times and agree he was fantastic. I cried at my desk today when I read the email. Obviously they won’t admit they have failed and their reasoning and excuses are bullshit

It might be appropriate to say that only schools that are considered inadequate at inspection are now required to become an academy, so a school that is RI has plenty of work to do to improve but it will not now become an academy.
There are also now not that many schools who are deemed to be inadequate on inspection. Go to the website www.watchsted.com/. In the last 300 schools inspected across primary, secondary and special there were only 6 deemed to be inadequate.

Ah money I agree he was just lovely. I still keep in touch with him. He’s doing good work at a secondary in a neighbouring county. It has lots of issues and he’s part of the team sorting them out.
I’ve been a parent at our school for 16 years now-continuously. So have seen lots of changes but nothing like the last 3 years

admission it converted to academy when it was good. It is now RI 3 years on

It’s nothing to do with the old head wolfie. I don’t know why you keep misunderstanding the posts on here, they seem clear enough to me.

Some academies are great, some not so. You can get a great school in a poor MAT, a poor school in an otherwise great MAT. Some LA schools are great, some less so. Ofsted is trying to raise standards even if it doesn’t feel like it from the participants’ point of view ( said with feeling..). It’s worth trying to put things in context.

Please look after yourself and your own children, you are obviously doing what is so right, thinking about the right school for the individual child ( where it is possible) and you’ve obviously done brilliantly with your DD despite the turnover.

There is caring about your child’s education and then there is making yourself ill. It seems quite clear you previously did the latter. Please don’t make the same mistake again.

Oh baby that’s lovely to hear, I’m glad he’s involved in that I bet he’s great at it and well loved!

Wow 16 years, that’s a strong connection, how sad for you, I wish the best possible outcome for your ds. Mines just finished her gcses so we literally saw the fall from year seven til now. I remember the old heads speech when we viewed, it was excellent!
Myself and all my siblings attended the school some thirty odd years ago too so it is especially sad.

''If it helps at all I teach at a school repeatedly graded outstanding in every area. It's the worst school I've ever worked at. Bullying management, terrible outcomes for a lot of the kids and very poor behaviour. ''

This, I have worked in a dreadful school with dreadful behaviour and management and it was outstanding. Do not be fooled by a label.

Looking at Ofsted ratings and academy status might help when choosing a school for your child because there's little else to go on. When your child is already at the school, you can look more closely at whether the school suits them, eg are they making progress, are they receiving the right support, do they have good relationships with staff and students. The Ofsted rating changing doesn't change any of those things. The school is no worse today than it was yesterday.

When I first taught in this country, I taught at a RI school converting to an academy. It was also located in a fairly deprived neighbourhood and the other nearby school had been shut down after its Ofsted. There were difficulties but there was an onsite behaviour management team, counselors, strong pastoral programme, an emphasis on helping individual students do their best.

I now teach in a "naice" oversubscribed school. It is an academy but nothing changed. Good but outstanding in some areas. Top local state school for GCSE and A-level results. But it's not so high on the league tables when you look at Progress. Very little support from SLT for behaviour management. Hardworking SENCo and pastoral lead, but you get the feeling that unless the student is D/C borderline (eg will affect league tables) the management don't car.e

My DC are far to young to be thinking about secondary admissions, but currently I'd rather DD went to a school like the first one. And sometimes I secretly wish the school I teach at now would get a bad Ofsted or a low-achieving cohort so that management would have to sort out the issues!

You are being unreasonable. You nee to get some help you reaction is totally OTT. I think you should as your GP

Thanks theforceisstrong but I’m absolutely fine and won’t be taking up my gp’s precious time!!