Monday 25 May 2009

Now he says it...

This illustrates one of the key problems of the quangocracy - people on the government's payroll trick themselves into believing that they are improving matters and they know that whistle-blowing while in the job is a one way ticket to ignominy and obscurity - so the whole charade is self-sustaining.

But waiting for nine years after leaving a job before you point out that the body you headed is a load of crap just doesn't cut it, as far as I am concerned.

5 comments:

dearieme said...

In the whole of my schooling I remember only one visit by an inspector. He lost his temper in an argument with me. Clot!

Ross said...

Isn't Woodhead arguing that OFSTED is useless now that he's left, not that it was always useless?

Mark Wadsworth said...

D, were you a pupil, a teacher, a parent or a governor at the time?

R, while I applaud CW's belated support for vouchers, anybody who comes out with crap like " the inspectorate should comment on how a school contributes to community cohesion" really needs his head examined.

AntiCitizenOne said...

Why do you think vouchers are better than loans (to be paid back from citizens div)?

Mark Wadsworth said...

AC1, because vouchers are easy to explain; popular and could be implemented very quickly without the need to change anything else first.