204. Tricky Classes, Unpaid Work & Anonymous Surveys (That Aren't Actually Anonymous!)

You've just been handed your new class, and the previous teacher's parting words are that they were the most difficult group they've taught in eleven years. Helpful heads up, or a curse you carry all summer? Dylan and Hayden open with the tricky class handover, why every class somehow becomes the trickiest one ever, and whether tricky classes even exist or it's all down to the school.

Then it gets spicier. A listener is made joint subject lead with no TLR, no extra time and no choice, and Dylan has strong feelings about doing free leadership work, including what he would actually say to the head. After that, a teacher reckons some colleagues just don't want to work, which sparks a proper chat about change fatigue and what negativity really means.

There are anonymous surveys that are anything but anonymous, and an Ofsted question about who speaks up when it counts and who stays quiet.

Honest, funny, and a bit fired up by the end.

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