In 2008, less than a term after I became headteacher at Hall Mead, we were subject to a one-day reduced tariff inspection in which were given the classic “good with outstanding features” judgement and left feeling like the whole event was something of an anti-climax.
As a new head, I suppose it gave me the breathing space to take stock of what we needed to develop as a school and which aspects were part of the fabric of what made the school the long-term success it was and continues to be.
However, for the staff it was a real non-event as just a couple of odd lessons were visited briefly and a few other teachers may have caught a random glimpse of our HMI as she glided through the corridors confirming what the data had already told her.
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