3 em 1 sobre saúde de professores.na Europa.
O programa de inspeções Ofsted já apontado como fonte de estresse que provocou suicídos de diretores de escolas está sob pressão e é questionado na justiça.
O mesmo programa também é apontado como associado a sobrecarga de trabalho e exaustão de professores.
Uma terceira notícia aponta níveis de estresse e carga de trabalho de professores estão em níveis impossíveis de serem geridos.
Na vida real, as três situações estão se dando simultaneamente
1. Ofsted to face union court challenge after suicide ()
Ofsted could face a legal challenge over its decision not to pause its school inspections after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry. She took her own life while waiting for it to be made public that Ofsted had downgraded her school to “inadequate”. The NAHT school leaders’ union has like other education unions called for England’s schools watchdog to pause inspections so a review to cut the risk of harm to school staff can take place. On 31 March, NAHT wrote to His Majesty’s Chief Inspector to demand a suspension of Ofsted inspections. The letter is the first step in judicial review proceedings and cites Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which imposes obligations on public authorities to take reasonable steps where there is a real and immediate risk of a loss of life.
NAHT news release. BBC News Online. The Guardian.
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2. Ofsted exhausts teachers, study finds
Teachers who believe an Ofsted inspection is likely in the coming 12 months have a higher work intensity with lower task discretion and are more likely to report always coming home from work exhausted than other teachers, a study has found. The University College London and the University of Cardiff research was funded by the teaching union NEU. Commenting on the first findings, NEU joint general secretary Dr Mary Bousted said: “This study will come as no surprise to teachers, it proves what they all know. Teaching is already exhausting work and the run up to Ofsted makes work significantly harder and more exhausting.” She added: “The government cannot go on with a broken system. That is why the NEU is calling for Ofsted to be replaced with a new system that is supportive, effective and fair.”
NEU news release and study first findings.
3. Education staff facing ‘unmanageable’ workloads
Education staff are facing “unmanageable” levels of stress and workload, the teaching union NEU has said. The union’s survey of almost 18,000 workers revealed 48 per cent said their workload was unmanageable all or most of the time. In contrast, just 1 per cent of teachers said their workload was always manageable. More than a third of teachers saying they are stressed 80 per cent or more of the time. Two-thirds of teachers say they feel this way more than 60 per cent of the time, and almost half of support staff feel stressed more than 60 per cent of the time. High on the list of interventions that would have a ‘big positive impact’ on workload pressures, in the view of teachers, are increased funding (88 per cent), a reformed inspection system (79 per cent), and smaller class sizes (73 per cent).
NEU news release and The Guardian..
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