A “superhead” parachuted into a failing school has accused teachers of laziness and unions of confrontational behaviour.
Rory Fox said that some senior teachers at the school — some on top rates of pay — had turned up late for classes, or not at all, opposed lesson observations, bullied junior staff, refused to set homework and were petty and aggressive.
Ofsted rated the Ryde Academy, on the Isle of Wight, as inadequate in a report last year, describing it as having serious weaknesses and problems with bullying. Children start at the school with average ability but leave with below-average GCSE results.
Dr Fox, who has taught at a prison and turned around other under- performing schools, has now written to the union representatives at his