Quite so. When I was teaching in Walthamstow in the early 80s we had teams of advisory teachers, appointed by the local authority, specific to your subject area, people who had proved their mettle in both classroom and management, whose goal was to get us to see what best practice was and to give us us strategies for achieving it. They didn't pull their punches, they'd tell on you to the headteacher if needed be and they were in no way a part of any cosy in-crowd. They were supportive. They would judge if needed be, and I was certainly judged meself more than once. But the sole aim was to improve teaching in the interests of the kids. The aim of Ofsted has always been political. There is not a scintilla of support in the system. It's one hundred percent judgemental. I think that's very sad, it isn't what classroom teachers need and it does nothing to raise standards. We've had Ofsted for thirty years now. Do you honestly think standards have gone up? You can never do it by being repressive. Don't take my word for it, ask any classroom teacher.