And can somebody tell me what's wrong with putting a name to stuff that all good teachers are doing anyway in order that those who are not-so-good, or not so experienced, may be able to get a handle on how they might do things better.

I've been on the receiving end of OFSTED as well and, to be honest, whether its called differentiation or not, anybody who's worth their salt should be taking account of the different ways children learn and if parents have a handle to put on it so that I can ask questions then so much the better. And whether or not it's called safeguarding, I want to know what the standards are, as objectively as possible.

I get sick to the back teeth with teachers moaning about having to be accountable and it's too late when children come out of school, having been at the mercy of incompetents who are protected by the union cabal.

OFSTED doesn't do what it says on the label, but somebody come up with an alternative other than just trusting to luck that your children are in the hands of somebody who knows what they're doing.

Its all very well moaning about 'the paperwork' and repeating the collective groan based around 'just let me teach......' - how about the dozens of teachers who aren't as good as you?

And for goodness sake spare us the political bleating. teachers have arrived where they are now because of their own performance not because of someone else's political dogma.