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Ofsted chief inspector says that stress is just an excuse for poor performance
SecEd’s readers hit back: “A lesson in how to lose
the respect and trust of an entire profession in one speech”
“I have tears in my eyes as I type this, in pure frustration that this man is allowed to hold a job of such signifi cance and yet talk such drivel”
“Unbelievable. He’s clearly
out of touch” “I think Sir
Michael has hit an all- time low with this”
Furore: Chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw
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“What is unforgivable to my mind is the general slur he is making about teachers. My staff could not work any harder”
"I work 10-hour days routinely,
often 12. I have never known a period of stress in the job such as we are going through at the moment”
“All around me excellent, committed teachers talk of needing to fi nd a way out of teaching because they know the stress levels are unsustainable”
“He is making the ‘rookie’
teacher's mistake of telling off the whole class for the misdemeanours of a few”
“Google 'Ofsted + suicide' and tale after tale of
teachers taking their own lives because of the pressure of Ofsted appear”
“Our leaders need to look
at themselves, their actions and their attitudes before denying the existence of stress”
“In any other setting it might be described as bullying”
"His remarks are disgusting and a slap in the face to teachers across the country,
many of whom are buckling under enormous stress”
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