«So, it was a bit of a case
of initiative overload... we needed to make it very clear to staff that we were taking a long - term approach, it was research - based, you'd be supported with all of this, it's not going to mean dramatic change very quickly but there is an expectation that there will be change.»
The endless national
initiatives, an
overloaded and prescriptive curriculum and the range
of high stakes national curriculum tests alongside the pressures
of school performance tables have led to many feeling under constant pressure.