Chapter 1

It was proving to be one of the most stressful weeks of my whole life. Ofsted were due in two days and there wasn’t a member of staff who wasn’t flapping. I only had tonight to finish my prep. There certainly wasn’t time between lessons to do it or even think about it. With my phone lodged under my chin I balanced my laptop precariously over my knees, while I chatted to Heather.

‘Oh don’t worry. It can’t be as bad as my last inspection,’ she said ‘the Inspector only chose to walk into my class whilst I was in mid rant, ordering the naughtiest kid in school to the Heads office for singing Spiderpig,’ she laughed.

I remembered my last inspection. I must have explained to my little darlings a hundred times why there was a strange man in the corner. It only lasted twenty minutes then he walked off and said nothing to me. It reminded me of a bad one-night stand I had years ago.