The Ridings school in Halifax is in the news today, having been put into “special measures” for the second time in 10 years following a bad report from Ofsted inspectors.
Here are few highlights from the Ofsted report:
“The headteacher and the senior leaders share a clear vision and passion for providing the best education for the students.”
“Managers have been caring and industrious in their attempts to drive forward plans intended to benefit students. Unfortunately, they have not moved swiftly enough or with sufficient rigour.”
“The senior leadership team identifies a barrier to progress as being a minority of teachers who do not cooperate with senior managers and refuse to take on board new ideas.”
“This has slowed the introduction of initiatives designed to help students learn more effectively.”
Hmmm.
“Clear vision and passion”; “drive forward plans”; “rigour”; “senior leadership team”…
See, that’s the problem with the education system in Britain: teachers just aren’t using enough corporate language.
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