Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire

For as long as we can all remember, teachers have loathed Ofsted inspections and, in particular, formal lesson observations. The dreaded visits that once gave you sleepless nights for a week leading up to it, then became a frantic overnight planning exercise to ensure you were ready to face the inspectors. Some teachers didn’t sleep, others broke out into a cold sweat, and it sent others over the edge. And all of this in pursuit of a grade…..a grade that either defined you as a school or an individual teacher.

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