Two primary schools face each other across the river; one outstanding,
the other inclusive.
At precisely 8am, Margaret Jones' hire car draws up outside Marsh Street
Primary. The beleaguered inspector is being quality assured by two
senior colleagues who defend the outdated inspectorate with vigour.
Jill Grimly, the dedicated acting headteacher, teeters precariously
between failure and success, assisted by one of her devoted pupils,
Ayiesha, a girl with special needs.
The inspection slides into a fiasco; who is the blackmailer, and who is
the fool in the school?'
'It was like my heart & my whole experience of teaching were captured
in this book'
'The story highlights absurd bureaucracy in inspection and how
outcomes can be manipulated so that the final report ends up not
reflecting the school at all!'
"A cracking read: entertaining, sharply-observed and warm-hearted... it
is book which should be read by all those involved in the teaching of
children and, in particular, those who inspect schools." Gervase
Phinn,