the way back - nervous breakdown and all that

On 01/02/22, two articles were published about the school. I have previously posted an anonymised version of the article about staff issues (25/05/22). Here is an anonymised version of the other one about parent issues followed by online comments left on the newspaper’s website.   ____________ Parents of pupils become increasingly frustrated at lack of action at (…) School A school which has lost almost a third of its staff in almost four years has denied staff were victimised and parents ignored. Teachers and families have spoken to the  [newspaper]  about a deteriorating relationship between [the head] and the school community since she arrived. But the governors say she has been commended by Ofsted and that the staff losses are normal wastage.   Parents at a school were shocked to hear the headteacher is going on maternity leave – just as the [newspaper] asked for a comment about her regime [1] . The announcement was made in a letter to families circulated...

If you don’t follow @the.unteachables on Instagram, please do.  The post below outlines pedagogical truths that certain heads and governing bodies would do well to pay heed to.  "We simply can’t do the best for our students, if we don’t do the best for our teachers. That’s why on my page, even though the very clear mission is supporting vulnerable students with their behaviours, I post so much content advocating for teachers. The two are completely and utterly intertwined. Staff morale, support and wellbeing needs to be intentionally placed in the very heart of the culture of schools. It needs to be constantly measure, and staff need to feel safe to feedback and have forums to do this regularly." https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch0JmLRsNPW/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=