You pack the kids off in the morning hoping not just that they have remembered their PE kit, but they'll spend a happy day in a safe place where they will learn something useful.
One senior school leader told me "everyone is cross about everything, all of the time". Another senior figure said "they'd never seen the sector so miserable".The death of a much loved teacher, Ruth Perry, has shone a light on England's education watchdog Ofsted.- who took her own life - after the primary school in Caversham, Berkshire, she loved and led was to be downgraded from "outstanding" to "inadequate".
On this Sunday's show we'll hear for the first time since Ruth Perry's death from Amanda Spielman, the Chief Inspector of Schools for England - and there's a lot to talk about. Maybe it's not surprising that education often finds fault with the inspector that judges it. After all, no-one wants to be best friends with the referee.Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills, inspects and reports on anywhere that provides education for young people in England - including schools, nurseries and childminders.
But there is a growing conversation about aspects of the system and whether there does need to be a moment of change.