Head Master has resigned

[happychappy]

We received a letter through from the governors today. Unfortunately OFSTED came and a few of the kids decided to make the teachers lives hell during the OFSTED inspections and behaved very badly. They gave the school a Good rating. It was Outstanding not so long ago. I feel really sad for the Head teacher. My dealings with him have always be good and I have always felt him to be good for the school. I have 2 children in the school both situations not straightforward so have needed more support than usual. We have a few children in the village who go there and only one has a problem with the school, but she didn't get into the school she wanted and she has a general problem with authority (as does her mother). It seems very unfair.

I thought I might drop him a line wishing him well for the future and saying how much his help and support was appreciated from this household. Do you think I should. ?

That would be lovely and a letter to the local rag.

Starball,

The point is that a school which was good last time, if it is exactly the same as it was last time, will now get a satisfactory. The criteria which used to get you a good now appear pretty much word for word under the 'satisfactory' heading.

Only a school which is significantly better than it was last time will get the same grade as it did previously.

The unfairness of this is that schools which achieved Outstanding under the OLD criteria will have very infrequent, if any, inspections from now on, even though a school which has made progress from a previous 'good' amd would have become 'oustanding' if inspected a few months ago will only get a good and continue to be inspected regularly.

Our school had a shocking Ofsted report - and both the head and both deputy heads have resigned and already left the school! I Cant believe that so many heads are rolling as a result of Ofsted reports..

One of the problems being is that there's a national shortage of Heads to go in to take the place of Heads who have rolled.....

And who the hell wouldn't want to be a teacher in his current political climate?

Absolutely write the letter. Poor chap.

It's a topsy-turvy world where getting rated 'good' is a resignation matter. Especially in the context of Ofsted systematically setting out to downgrade 'outstanding' schools.

Actually, as a teacher, I'm actually bloody glad we only got a 'good' last time. Hopefully we'll hang on to it when the Dementors are next in.

I'm with everlong.

I had a co-worker who landed a better paid job elsewhere but used an excuse to 'resign out of principle'. Because I was told in confidence I had to keep my mouth shut while others were sympathising with him and expressing admiration for his actions.

So when the OP said that her OM was resigning merely because of a downgrading to a 'good', my immediate reactions was .

Very unfair round here as parents are comparing schools inspected under the old rules with those inspected under the new tighter ones. New reception parents take them on face value.

There may be a national shortage of places, but here intakes are in free fall. There are just no DCs. House prices and a shortage of places to rent means lovely families have moved.
Equally nice families at the other end of the income scale of chosen to go private.

Schools are caught in the middle.

Why not send him a letter signed from you and other parents and pupils who think highly of him as you do. Let him know that you all see the work he really does and Ofsted get a 3 day snapshot of a school under pressure. Let him know you all support him and ask him to rethink. I bet that sort of feedback would make him reconsider.