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May 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Christine Gilbert’s warning came as unions cautioned that a “perfect storm” of government meddling threatens an exodus of talent from the profession.
Gilbert, who resigned as head of Ofsted last year, said there was evidence of widespread disillusionment in schools despite the level of teacher professionalism being “better than ever”.
Her comments come as a survey from the biggest teaching union, the NASUWT, reveals that nearly half of its 230,000 members have considered quitting in the last year, amid a collective crisis of confidence in the profession.
More than a third said that they did not believe they were respected as professionals and half said their job satisfaction had declined in the last year.
The pressure on teachers includes tougher targets, a new Ofsted grading system that threatens the current rating of most schools, reduced flexibility in qualifications for the teaching of 14- to 16-year-olds, and the possibility of regional and performance-related pay.
Many teachers have also complained of dilapidated conditions in the schools they work in, following the scrapping of thousands of school refurbishment projects as a result of spending cuts.
Gilbert said she believed that the standards of teaching in the UK were “excellent” and should be celebrated.
But she said: “[Recent] surveys show terrible morale, so that is at rock bottom, but when I go into schools you do get real commitment, enthusiasm and so on. I certainly think there is more room to celebrate what schools do and the really excellent work going in so many of them nowadays but that doesn’t make quite the same story as some of the other stuff”.
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