Ofsted fun and games

So on Monday, school H (where I worked last year) got the Ofsted phonecall. They were in special measures 5 years ago, federated 5 years ago at Easter and were satisfactory 3 years ago in December. I know how hard we all worked last year, but obviously with the tough new framework, we were worried. My good friend and immediate line manager, AP, came in to me on Monday afternoon (in my current school C) and told me without telling me that Ofsted were imminent and she was going to teach a class whose teacher was signed off. Two minutes later, I got a message telling me to phone AH, our head, immediately. I knew straight away that I was going to teach there.
The class teacher of the class I taught last year had been off sick and was due back the next day, but they wanted me to teach my old class.
I had a hell of a year last year with that class. They are a challenging class - you have to work hard to get them on side and then when you have them, you have to work hard to keep them. They are a lovely class, don't get me wrong, they were all amazing to me when my dad passed away, but there are a lot of characters. I had a tough year for so many reasons, but I left school H (where I worked for one year) to return to school C (where I had worked for 2 years previously) gladly. I felt there were a lot of people who felt I could not teach there, a lot of people who did not rate me, and a lot of my bad feelings were tied up with that school. So whilst I would of course go and teach, I was petrified. It is so hard to remember what a good teacher you are when you are thrown into that mess.
On Monday night, AH came in and literally had to keep me upright because I was in such a state.
But we got through it. When were last seen by Ofsted at school C, they made a big deal of coming into every class to observe every teacher, and then didn't come to me. At the time, that really upset me because I wanted to prove myself as a teacher.
Prove myself as a teacher, I finally have. I was observed twice by inspectors - in my Numeracy lesson, I was given a good, and in my Literacy lesson the following day, I was given a very, very, very strong good (by an inspector who has only ever given one outstanding). I was completely, and still am, chuffed. To go in to a school you haven't worked in for a term, to teach a class you haven't taught for a term, with so little notice and to do as well as I did... well I'm just so happy. I feel that I have proved to everyone at that school what a fantastic teacher I am. I feel that I have tied up a lot of loose ends in my head that were left from my year there and I kind of feel that I can completely move on from last year now.
It has also pulled me closer to the lovely AP and to AJ, another teacher from our school who went over to cover a teacher on jury duty.
What a week. But it has done so much for me, boosted my confidence and reminded me why I came into do this job.