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Sunday 20 March 2011

Are Tomlinscote teachers voting with their feet?

Tomlinscote has a crisis teaching wise in the Maths department.  An unprecedented number of teachers have left recently.  An insider has revealed that a couple of members of staff associated with Key Stage 3  will be leaving at the end of the year I'm sure there are more I don't know about.

I had the misfortune to be caught in a company merger once.  The management of the two companies fought, the employees of the two companies fought, morale was awful, work related sickness went through the roof and very little work got done.  The best management and employees left to a rival company and I hear the whole thing went on for about 3 years.

It took me 10 months to "jump ship" but despite the stress I was paid during that period.  Our children (Tomlinscote or Kings) will not have the ability to "jump ship" and will be stuck with this resructuring chaos for their whole time at school.  Maybe this will seem like a good idea in 8+ years time but for the current students and the next few years intake (4000-5000 students) their education will be materially affected.

Update: I have been assured by a source within Tomlinscote school that the issues relating to staffing in the Maths department are not in any way connected with - people voting with their feet.  But it does serve as an example about how a few staff leaving for whatever reason can lead to problems with the provision of lessons.

Are Tomlinscote teachers voting with their feet?


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