Welcome to The FAIL Files, the unofficial staffroom dispatches from Fallowmere Academy for Inclusive Learning.
The academy is fictional. So are its staff.
The educational absurdities, unfortunately, may be rather more familiar.
Here you’ll meet Miss Leading and her increasingly questionable colleagues, navigating the wonderful world of English education. From impossible expectations and disappearing budgets to policy announcements that looked considerably better in PowerPoint.
We write about good intentions, questionable decisions and the resourceful people expected to make it all work.
Sometimes serious. Frequently sarcastic. Occasionally wondering whether anyone has actually read the guidance.
The stories draw on professional experience and the wider education system, with details changed or combined to protect those involved. Our frustrations are directed at the system, not the children, families or staff trying to navigate it.
Our academy motto?
Excellentia Omnibus, Si Opes Suppetunt.
Excellence for All. Resources Permitting.
Pull up a chair. The kettle’s on.
There’s probably another meeting in five minutes.
