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Diary of an NQT: The Big O

The call has come and Ofsted arrives in our NQT diarist’s school for a short inspection – and our NQT is on the inspector’s ‘to see’ list...

The call finally came. The big O.

In fact as I sit here writing this, the inspectors are meeting in the headteacher’s office to discuss our fate.

The call came yesterday lunchtime and the staff quickly gathered in the staffroom to await more information.

There was, rather bizarrely, almost a buzz of excitement in the air – although I think that was more to do with the fact that everyone was grateful it had finally happened and it would soon be out of the way. We seem to have been waiting for this moment for most of the year.

We were given our orders: lesson plan front sheets, seating plans in place, assessment front sheets filled in – the tick-list continued.

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