Anyone moved from teaching to Inspection?

[splothersdog]

Been working in leadership for several years now. Need a change. Just seen Ofsted inspectors roles advertised . Has anyone got any experience of moving from school leadership to inspection?

Ofsted contributed to the death of Headteacher Ruth Perry.

Why would you want to join their ranks when it appears they have learnt nothing from that?

I've just seen that job... My partner is a dep head - I want him to go for it... I feel like it would be less stressful and he'd be great at it...

Following;

This is the kind of response I feared.
was looking for experiences not criticism.
Staying in my current job is likely to kill me and that has nothing to do with Ofsted.

You wanted to know what it would be like.

Be aware that many, many people will be thinking exactly this of you if you do.

If you can handle that, then go for it.

I didn’t want to know what the criticism would be like. I am pretty clear about that. Under no illusions about it being deeply unpopular with some people.
i was interested in practical terms how people had found the switch in terms of workload, etc
Perhaps I should have made that clearer.

There has to be some kind of system to make sure schools are doing the best they can. The OP might want to support schools in making improvements - and maybe support head teachers so that they don't follow a similar path.

Then Ofsted wouldn't be what she is looking for. Their job isn't to support schools or headteachers, it's to grade them.

There are lots of positions around, particularly within MATs, to do with school improvement.

Think I am going to ask for this to be deleted.
I am tired and cam looking for practical answers from fellows professionals not a bashing.
thank you @Smeegall for your positive contribution and good luck to your other half

It's still got to happen - and it can either be done by a nice person or by a horrible person.

I don't think it matters whether the person is nice or horrible. What matters is the system - and that seems determined to break us

School improvement lead might be what you are looking for. Working across several schools within a MAT and at least having the chance to develop relationships and seeing how things improve.