I have no idea what has been going on in Birmingham schools and do not propose to speculate.
I do however find myself pondering the following features.
- Targeted inspection/audit on the basis of hearsay evidence.
- Multiple concurrent “investigations”
- A supposedly independent audit/inspection agency, seemingly far too close to ministers.
- Wildly contradictory findings made over a relatively short period of time.
- Deep sense of unfairness, injustice and alienation felt by those subject to inspection/audit.
Remind you of anything?
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The similarities are uncanny. Just add in an ability to screw up megabucks IT projects with immense regularity and I think they would be one and the same.