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Stephen Petty
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‘Ofsted’s dress sense certainly requires improvement: one inspector visiting our school was mistaken for a tramp’
Following news that the inspectorate’s staff have been told to smarten up their look, one teacher turns the tables on Ofsted...
26 January 2016
A bonus for all teachers at Christmas? Why we should expect a big cheque from the government
Nicky Morgan seems a sensible woman, writes one teacher. Surely she can see that now is the time to give school staff a pay rise?
23 December 2015
‘Teachers must throw off the shackles of overwork and find time for their hobbies too’
One head of department calls for teachers to remember there is more to life than school work
22 December 2015
‘Teachers must throw off the shackles of overwork and find time for their hobbies too’
One head of department calls for teachers to remember there is more to life than school work
10 December 2015
‘Just another instance of the private sector making a killing from reforms to the exams system’
One teacher calculates that he could take a return flight to a European city and still have more than £100 spending money for the same price as one day’s CPD
24 November 2015
The spy who loved tea: why every teacher is James Bond
From the exasperated ‘N’ to the intelligence-gathering operation INSPECTRE, Britain’s education players resemble nothing so much as a spy film – with teachers as the dashing heroes
11 November 2015