The Caretakers' Forum

It was an INSET day for us yesterday and back to some kind of normality today. I was so busy yesterday I only got time to sit down on my split shift and when I finished at 6:30pm, and extremely busy again this morning.

Inset today, most of the hierarchy stayed until 12pm only the teachers and us site left, teachers think they can stay until 6.30pm ahahahah no chance. The dance begins again.

Inset day today (Wednesday, it's called a PD or Professional Development day here) but the school is closed and no one in. How come? Cleverly worked by the HT, SLT and BM and the PD day is "aggregated". This means that the 7 or 8 hours that everyone should have been in for have been accounted for via after school "meetings/workshops" since September 2023. Same applied for one we had on the 20th December, a day after the kids finished, and the school was also closed.
PD days normally only apply to teaching staff, support staff don't have PD days in their contract and site staff should be in regardless. However, with regards to the ones either side of the --- (The seasonal word only permitted in December) --- break, BM proposed to HT that site staff should also get the two PD days off as they've worked their nuts off. HT agreed, so bingo, two extra days holiday

No inset day for us, we used our entitlement up in the Summer, new heating system and new roof meant that the summer holiday was extended to allow work to be completed. I came in Tuesday to allow contractors in, staff and pupils back in today. This has to be the shortest --- (The seasonal word only permitted in December) --- holiday ever!!

What about those full school staff meetings where we all meet up in the hall & get wished a happy new year by the Head & told that this year is likely to be even worse than the last.