I shouldn't laugh, I know, it's serious...

[Sundae]

Oh goodness no!

The TAs report to the teachers - officially (or mostly unofficially).
The Teachers have a weekly Staff meeting.
The SMT meet fortnightly.
The Governers meet monthly.
And there is a visit from the church board (? can't remember their title) once a term as we are a C of E school.

Oh and OFSTED come to appraise us once every scholastic year.
And that's without the mandatory tests imposed on the pupils by the Govt.
Or by the teachers by the SMT - there's always some sort of "observation" going on it seems.

Aside from that it's a freewheeling kind of place.

It's the reality of the public sector these days, Monster.
You can't just do right or do well, you have to have it signed and sealed in triplicate with officially sanctioned proof that you are doing so.
Even I spend close to an hour every week on paperwork for my two charges. And I only work for 25.

Surely no business could run like that