What happens after an inadequate Ofsted?

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Has anyone worked in a school that had an inadequate rating? I am considering g taking redundancy and was musing taking a role in such a school. The positives are
The school is in my village so I would not be paying transport
I am experienced but a bit burnt out with behaviour in a honesty
I do need to work and they are desperate so would have to pay my UPS salary

How awful could it be? Is this a mad idea?

I moved from a school in SM to another in SM a decade ago.
We worked incredibly hard but it was a team effort and we moved rapidly back up the grades.
If the SLT know the issues, accept they're part of the problem, and are working with staff to overcome them, it could be a decent move.
If not, run a mile... and then keep running.

As @MrsHamlet says. It will depend hugely on how the headteacher is to work with and on what the academy trust chief executive is like.

They would snap your hand off to have an experienced teacher in a time of turmoil.
As other posters have said, it’s all about the plan that the schools have to change it around? But still, why do schools get into this position anyway? The school will have a follow up visit in 6 - 12 months to see the progress made and if no movement forward then the senior leadership team will definitely be under review?
From a teacher perspective, I can expect there to be more scrutiny for sure. The HT will be under immense pressure so everyone will feel it also.
Back in 2008, I was asked by my LA to support a neighbourhood school where the HT was suspended during an OFSTED visit due to falsifying data - the school was rated inadequate and the Deputy Headteacher ended up going on long term sick and not coming back. The HT resigned before disciplinary proceedings. I found myself for a year working in an executive headteacher role running two schools and in that time managed to raise the status when the follow up visit happened. My Deputy at the time in my permanent school was offered the HT job and when a full inspection took place in 2012 it was rated outstanding so I think also a change in leadership can be good for a school.

Be careful. I’ve moved to a school that was rated ‘requires improvement’ just before I moved there. It’s a bit of a nightmare. SLT have done virtually nothing in six months, they’re a very weak team and they’re doubling down on their shit behaviour policy. They just dismiss what Ofsted have said and insist they are a good school.
The Head is very poor and will clearly just retire when the school goes into special measures. There is a toxic atmosphere. We have only had one staff meeting this term! So no school improvement going on.
I had no clue when I accepted the job and I’m running away as fast as I can to a good school.

Thanks for all the experiences. I really appreciate it. I have spoken to someone who works there who really rates the head. I think I will have a conversation with the head and see how I feel. I have other options as I am valued in the trust where I currently work as both a secondary specialist and a great KS2 English teacher so I could also potentially move on if it doesn't work out.

The exact procedures depend on what type of 4 it was, ie 'serious weaknesses' or 'special measures'.

Either way, I wouldn't necessarily be put off. I would certainly rather work in an inadequate school with a clear plan and support for rapid improvement than the kind of school that has scraped an RI and is languishing, as @Nuffaluff describes.

Is the head likely to stick around?

My experience of inadequate schools, albiet secondary, is that usually they get put in a MAT/moved to a new MAT and within a year or two, the whole of SLT have completely changed.

In some MATs, a head who isn't getting quick results also won't last long, unfortunately.

That's not to say you shouldn't make the move, but my experience is there is usually a lot of change at the top.

I think if you're burnt out by behaviour, be very careful. When my first school was put into SM, behaviour was very poor (because the school culture was). The new Head was brilliant and really turned things around but it was hard work, with Ofsted every term (may have changed since as this was over a decade ago).

It really depends on why the school got the rating and what happened as a result. My last place got an inadequate rating shortly after I'd accepted a job elsewhere.

The new head that moved in was worse than the previous one, and that's saying something. Fully blaming staff for the rating when the Ofsted report made it clear that what teachers did in the classroom was okay, but that whole-school systems had failed at every level and that SLT were too slow and ineffective at following their own systems. Rude to staff in front of kids. Lost over half of the remaining staff within a term in most key subjects. Mass complaints to the trust. The school will remain inadequate for a good while now, because it's in a downward spiral.

A good head, however, can turn a school around fairly quickly, as can dedicated SLT. I'd advise to speak to staff on the teaching front and see how happy they are with how things are moving forward.