Do teachers actually remember pupils from years ago?
Former pupils always wonder whether the teacher who taught them for a year still knows who they are.
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Confessions of Teachers
Fast-scrolling insider knowledge from teachers.
Most of us can predict a pupil’s grade to within one band by October. We spend the rest of the year hoping to be wrong in the right direction.
Supply teachers can read a class’s reputation from the note left on the desk. “Lovely group” means something very specific.
⚖️ Truth or Myth☕ Staffroom
Teachers discuss difficult pupils in the staffroom.
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Teachers can usually tell who’s been talking before they’ve even entered the classroom. Silence has a shape.
Teachers can often tell when a pupil is about to ask to leave the classroom. It starts with a glance at the door about two minutes before the hand goes up.
Teachers can usually tell which pupil hasn’t done their homework before they’ve even checked the books. It’s the way the bag stays zipped.
🗣️ Debate👨👩👧 Parents
Should parents be able to WhatsApp teachers outside school hours?
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If you want a fast reply from a teacher, email before 8am. Anything sent after 3pm joins a queue of forty.
A Year 4 once asked me, entirely sincerely, whether I lived at the school. I said yes. Their face has stayed with me for a decade.
On a school trip, the headcount is never really about the number. It’s about whether the same two names are missing again.
Interactive whiteboards were the most expensive way ever invented to project a PowerPoint.
⚖️ Truth or Myth🏫 Headteachers
Headteachers know which corridor to walk down when Ofsted is in.
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Half the uniform rules exist so there is something small to enforce on a Monday. The other half are older than the building.