I found you on Reddit. Really insightful and well-researched content. I’ve learnt things about ofsted and the system in general that I was completely ignorant of despite being a teacher for 7 years. I’ve subbed and shared your video with other teacher friends. I saw you uploaded a new video today and immediately clicked! I’ve been seriously considering working abroad and your most recent video from this series has really helped in cementing my decision.
Thank you so much, your comment is very significant to me as my first and foremost goal with this 9 part series was ringing the warning bell to teachers, like yourself, to not choose England. You've made this long journey all worth it :D having said that, just wait until episode 2 starts, you'll realise you dodged a nuke avoiding the UK!
I would laugh from the irony that an organization enforcing their own draconion rules judge a school 'inadequate' for enforcing their rules too much, if it wasn't for the sheer tragedy of it all.
Agreed, I'm enjoying the humour of this channel, and the Kafka-esque bureaucratic nightmare being described is a real 'laugh or cry' situation. I knew Ofsted were a pain in every teacher's a*se but didn't realise it was this bad. Are they single-handedly responsible for how crap the level of UK education is right now...? I stumbled into teaching at a university across 2017-2020 and was shocked by the lack of discipline, initiative and enthusiasm for in-depth learning shown by the Gen Z students. They're adults (technically) but thought it was OK to do stuff like start play-fighting in the middle of seminars, ad they expected to be spoon-fed every piece of information needed to get a good grade...which makes sense, in light of them coming from 'write down this exact sentence in the special colour pens' style classrooms. Yikes.
Absolutely! They're completely worthless! I remember having an after school meeting where the humanities department manipulated grade boundaries so the bell curve matched what they wanted OFSTED to see. A lot of fail grades suddenly became pass grades in the span of an hour
Years ago now, a colleague teaching a Reception class was praised by one Inspector in an Ofsted team for the high quality role play area in her classroom. On the same day, another inspector from the same team was in her classroom and ripped the very same role play area to shreds. A small example, but illustrative of the point that Ofsted is inconsistent even within one Inspection visit.
That is insane! The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing with OFSTED! Strange still how that somehow that doesn't surprise me. But wait until you see the next part, it'll be out on Monday.
Actually, at least 10 headteachers have committed suicide as a result of OFSTED. I cover it in Episode 1 part 3: th-cam.com/video/Un6J39gRWxA/w-d-xo.html
My daughter is home educated and what they are trying to do is unforgivable! As it stands home educating is the given option for education after 5. School is the opt in. And for most of the community we have pulled children out because of being let down and failed by the school system. They can already send you to court and force your child back into school and this ends up on your criminal record!! Even if you're child is actually doing better than in school. The register will just stop people falling through the cracks and will mean more reports and meetings. They also love the narrative that these children are being @bused and thats why they aren't in school. So im sure the register will lead to an increase in social services being called out as they will target them.
My experience is registering reduces issues for families and professionals, but the local authority is not a friend. I was a registered home educator for over 15 years, and being registered reduced the issues of malicious reports to social services, because they and education welfare can tick the box that they have a report from me on file, even if that reports was from 8 years prior, and move on with their day. It's a bit postcode lottery, but many social services departments are very clear that education doesn't fall within their remit and catch on when people try to report for home education switch to something else. I spent the last 8 years as a home educator with no contact from anyone in the local authority beyond confirming children who had been home educated in primary continued to be so in secondary. No reports, visits, meeting, nowt. I also sat on a school board which led to meetings with the local authority head of education welfare, which was vey informative - they care for us very little, we're just as much a tickbox and numbers as everything else in education these days. They don't like the numbers going up, but they think little on it beyond that.
@@dehn6581 the reports to the LA is one thing though I don't think the issue is the report itself, but a proper register is where I have issues depending on how they are planning to use it. Most of us deal with the LA yearly and are left to it if they see it as satisfactory. Some are nasty though and will twist and turn everything you say and do, want things they are legally not required to have. Some just hate you for being a home educator and the way you teach because it's not the same as school. I know many have stayed under the radar with the LA and that's why they want the register because they will miss less people in their checks. But I don't think it'll simply be that. I may end up being wrong but let's be honest they don't want us educating our children (in most cases, that's why the "you're not smart enough comments get made"). I know people that have had welfare checks done for simply having autism (so can't possibly keep their children safe 🙄) but that wasn't the reason they gave for the check to be done. So maybe it's just area based. Luckily we are in an area where the schools can't actually support the amount of children in them so are probably thankful that people are home educating 🤣 and many of us don't have to deal with anyone at all. They are too busy trying to get those that are registered in a school into school. And that's why we don't want this new "register" put in place 🫣.
I was a teacher at a UK FE college for five years and I love these videos! When I started, I was amazed to see that there were TWO people whose sole job was to phone the home of delinquent 'students' and IMPLORE them to come in. Only because the COLLEGE is responsible for the non-attendance of the 'students'. The monkeys are running the zoo.
Schools and teachers begging students to get an education, a uniquely Western problem I think. And perfectly put btw, the monkeys absolutely run the zoo!
Ofsted cover Residential Children's Homes, they make regulations up as they go along, they seem to have training based on atching Tracy Beaker rather than the reality of the work. I've not seen an Ofsted inspectors seldom comment on staff having to work up to 48 hour shifts or include peer reviewed data on the negative outcomes of mixed shift patterns. They want positive outcomes for young people through professional work from staff paid less than Aldi shelf fillers.
They are such a curse on UK schools. And you are spot on! In the previous episode I mention that 2 in 5 teachers work 26 hours for free each week, about £15,000 a year! Whats more is that the general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union found that the government was essentially relying on this free labour to not invest in schools and colleges. OFSTED is a nightmare!
I found you on Reddit. Really insightful and well-researched content. I’ve learnt things about ofsted and the system in general that I was completely ignorant of despite being a teacher for 7 years. I’ve subbed and shared your video with other teacher friends. I saw you uploaded a new video today and immediately clicked! I’ve been seriously considering working abroad and your most recent video from this series has really helped in cementing my decision.
Thank you so much, your comment is very significant to me as my first and foremost goal with this 9 part series was ringing the warning bell to teachers, like yourself, to not choose England. You've made this long journey all worth it :D having said that, just wait until episode 2 starts, you'll realise you dodged a nuke avoiding the UK!
I would laugh from the irony that an organization enforcing their own draconion rules judge a school 'inadequate' for enforcing their rules too much, if it wasn't for the sheer tragedy of it all.
Agreed, I'm enjoying the humour of this channel, and the Kafka-esque bureaucratic nightmare being described is a real 'laugh or cry' situation. I knew Ofsted were a pain in every teacher's a*se but didn't realise it was this bad. Are they single-handedly responsible for how crap the level of UK education is right now...? I stumbled into teaching at a university across 2017-2020 and was shocked by the lack of discipline, initiative and enthusiasm for in-depth learning shown by the Gen Z students. They're adults (technically) but thought it was OK to do stuff like start play-fighting in the middle of seminars, ad they expected to be spoon-fed every piece of information needed to get a good grade...which makes sense, in light of them coming from 'write down this exact sentence in the special colour pens' style classrooms. Yikes.
If Ofsted worked, pupils would not be getting awarded pass marks for scoring 21% in an exam.
Absolutely! They're completely worthless! I remember having an after school meeting where the humanities department manipulated grade boundaries so the bell curve matched what they wanted OFSTED to see. A lot of fail grades suddenly became pass grades in the span of an hour
Great video! Your breakdown of the flaws of ofsted was really comprehensive and definitely reflects my experience teaching in England
Thank you! Much appreciated! Can't wait for you to see episode 2 :D
Years ago now, a colleague teaching a Reception class was praised by one Inspector in an Ofsted team for the high quality role play area in her classroom. On the same day, another inspector from the same team was in her classroom and ripped the very same role play area to shreds. A small example, but illustrative of the point that Ofsted is inconsistent even within one Inspection visit.
That is insane! The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing with OFSTED! Strange still how that somehow that doesn't surprise me. But wait until you see the next part, it'll be out on Monday.
One head teacher committed suicide after Ofsted gave her school an inadequate rating
Actually, at least 10 headteachers have committed suicide as a result of OFSTED. I cover it in Episode 1 part 3:
th-cam.com/video/Un6J39gRWxA/w-d-xo.html
Fantastic video. You deserve more views
@@chadgreenblatt9928 thank you! It's not for lack of trying, let me tell you! I welcome any tips to share this series around!
He's my teacher
Same
Thankyou Mr Rafaeel for highlighting the dark secrets of Ofsted.
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
My daughter is home educated and what they are trying to do is unforgivable! As it stands home educating is the given option for education after 5. School is the opt in. And for most of the community we have pulled children out because of being let down and failed by the school system. They can already send you to court and force your child back into school and this ends up on your criminal record!! Even if you're child is actually doing better than in school. The register will just stop people falling through the cracks and will mean more reports and meetings. They also love the narrative that these children are being @bused and thats why they aren't in school. So im sure the register will lead to an increase in social services being called out as they will target them.
My experience is registering reduces issues for families and professionals, but the local authority is not a friend. I was a registered home educator for over 15 years, and being registered reduced the issues of malicious reports to social services, because they and education welfare can tick the box that they have a report from me on file, even if that reports was from 8 years prior, and move on with their day. It's a bit postcode lottery, but many social services departments are very clear that education doesn't fall within their remit and catch on when people try to report for home education switch to something else.
I spent the last 8 years as a home educator with no contact from anyone in the local authority beyond confirming children who had been home educated in primary continued to be so in secondary. No reports, visits, meeting, nowt. I also sat on a school board which led to meetings with the local authority head of education welfare, which was vey informative - they care for us very little, we're just as much a tickbox and numbers as everything else in education these days. They don't like the numbers going up, but they think little on it beyond that.
@@dehn6581 the reports to the LA is one thing though I don't think the issue is the report itself, but a proper register is where I have issues depending on how they are planning to use it. Most of us deal with the LA yearly and are left to it if they see it as satisfactory. Some are nasty though and will twist and turn everything you say and do, want things they are legally not required to have. Some just hate you for being a home educator and the way you teach because it's not the same as school. I know many have stayed under the radar with the LA and that's why they want the register because they will miss less people in their checks. But I don't think it'll simply be that. I may end up being wrong but let's be honest they don't want us educating our children (in most cases, that's why the "you're not smart enough comments get made"). I know people that have had welfare checks done for simply having autism (so can't possibly keep their children safe 🙄) but that wasn't the reason they gave for the check to be done. So maybe it's just area based. Luckily we are in an area where the schools can't actually support the amount of children in them so are probably thankful that people are home educating 🤣 and many of us don't have to deal with anyone at all. They are too busy trying to get those that are registered in a school into school. And that's why we don't want this new "register" put in place 🫣.
I was a teacher at a UK FE college for five years and I love these videos! When I started, I was amazed to see that there were TWO people whose sole job was to phone the home of delinquent 'students' and IMPLORE them to come in. Only because the COLLEGE is responsible for the non-attendance of the 'students'. The monkeys are running the zoo.
Schools and teachers begging students to get an education, a uniquely Western problem I think. And perfectly put btw, the monkeys absolutely run the zoo!
Ofsted cover Residential Children's Homes, they make regulations up as they go along, they seem to have training based on atching Tracy Beaker rather than the reality of the work. I've not seen an Ofsted inspectors seldom comment on staff having to work up to 48 hour shifts or include peer reviewed data on the negative outcomes of mixed shift patterns. They want positive outcomes for young people through professional work from staff paid less than Aldi shelf fillers.
They are such a curse on UK schools. And you are spot on! In the previous episode I mention that 2 in 5 teachers work 26 hours for free each week, about £15,000 a year! Whats more is that the general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union found that the government was essentially relying on this free labour to not invest in schools and colleges. OFSTED is a nightmare!
Great thumbnail x
Thanks! Glad you like it 😊
You're right, they are after home educators...
Their thirst for power is unquenchable!
I bet you dont even remember me
Put a video about westlands please
I'd rather go after the nest than the wasp
Look at how Michaela School is treated.
Nooooo you did not quote Chalke!! Yikes! now you must have an agenda or haven’t researched him 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
The only relavant part of his life to me is that he runs 54 schools and OFSTED is a burden on all of them. What are you referring to?