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Northamptonshire always seems to miss it, but for once we’ve been included... and it’s still going strong at the moment.

Just started this only 2 episodes in, have enjoyed what I’ve seen so far.

So are we saying longer lockdown, tighter restrictions on the basis it’s easier to spread too?

Jam making bastard.

That is probably feasible if they let out their space, however I would have thought lettings of any nature would not have been allowed currently :unsure:

Wonder what Kier will be allowed to say on the matter? ;)

My prediction is no return to school before Easter.

As long as they continue to measure school performance in tables and leagues, this sort of shit will carry on happening.

The one thing I will say (which may not necessarily be helpful I’m sorry) is that if a school is prepared to ‘cheat’ then they’d happily be prepared to sell her down the river if they were caught. I know it would be hard - but her integrity and professionalism would never be in question if she...

One of the best pieces of advice I was ever given is to accept that you will never ever get level, never mind ahead. Once you really embrace that then you can see things differently. The only thing in teaching that HAS to be done to a strict, strict timescale is Safeguarding. Everything else is...

He is right on one thing. You should work to rule, and the thing is you will find many other schools that will TELL their staff to do this. My MAT has some serious issues, but the one thing they have got right is work/life balance. And it does pay dividends in the classroom over time. Schools...

I agree with what you are saying here. When I chose to enter teaching from my previous career I gave up a good salary and decent benefits, but I was prepared to do that as I wanted to make that career change. Far less people actually make it to 10+ years in the profession, never mind 20/30. The...

People don’t leave teaching over pay or job security. I am acutely aware that I have benefitted from job security especially in the last 12 months, and I do think what I do is reasonably well paid. However the issue why it’s a sector with such an unprecedented staffing crisis is because staff...

Let’s be honest - if teaching or nursing was that fucking easy and well paid then there would be no staff shortages ever because there would be competition for the jobs that exist and by that ends increase the quality of the workforce.

No one is stopping you sharing your feelings about your own experiences, and I’m pretty sure that very few people are judgmental as to yours or anyone else’s feeling... even if they appear trivial in comparison to others. The main point here (which you missed) is that somebody is essentially...

In many schools - work in school during holidays and weekend was often paid extra as it was outside contracted hours (the 1265) - these days due to funding shortfalls this is often only used for revision/intervention, now is unpaid but based on staff goodwill.

It’s been happening in some schools for a long time, and has become more prevalent since academisation.

She’s already working 5 days a week though isn’t she... so yes she is totally deserving of this. And an awful lot of people get paid inflated rates of pay for overtime in their respective profession. Are you proposing they should lose that?

What’s just as concerning (aside from the vote) is the language some journalists use when reporting things like this... is narrowly avoiding really the term that is sensible here? Just like when Phil Spector died last week the BBC said he was ‘flawed’ rather than the fact he was a murderer.

She has to do this! I know it’s easy to say from afar, but she will be protected and safe if she does this anonymously via her teaching Union.