Mr. Gorzug · Book 2
Mr Gorzug and the Required Qualifications
He has survived a siege. Now he faces something far worse: HR has noticed.
Gorzug has held a fortress against the forces of his own world. Unfortunately, none of that is on the approved evidence portal. When the trust’s HR department notices that the school’s best teacher has no recognised credentialing pathway, Gorzug is enrolled — against the wishes of nearly everyone with sense — on an accelerated route to becoming the thing he already is.
Cue self-assessment frameworks, reflective journals, file-naming conventions, and an observation cycle conducted with the gravity of siege warfare. The enemy this time is not the Thorn Court but the photocopier, the progress bar, and a threat delivered entirely in knitwear.
As staff and pupils rally to prove the obvious, Gorzug learns that qualification was never really about competence. It was about settling, at last, into a place that wants to keep you.
What readers say
Praise for Mr Gorzug and the Required Qualifications
“Hilarious in the so very English way! … should be required reading for all teachers in training, and for everyone who enjoys laughing at the bureaucracy we inflict on ourselves.”
“It shows up with humor, style, and grace and the reading proves how good the writer really is. It is just a great, entertaining story.”