Pros
Free lunches Were understanding when it came to medical leave The pay was good
Kontras
Lack of support - frequent injuries from students with little support from management SLT and behaviour team constantly undermining teacher input - when students would attack, they would often be given chocolate which made them do it more After such incidents, then accused of poor behaviour management No behaviour management structure in school - I don't believe in punitive system, but you need something restorative in place Staff with significant injuries (such as deep, skin breaking bites) expected to keep working without medical attention Not able to take breaks most days, in one half-term I was only able to take a lunch break five times, all other days I worked through Management lied and said that you're not entitled to take lunch breaks and 'trust me because I was a union rep so don't question me', but this is simply not true Micromanaging and questioning of even small choices Suspended people left, right and centre, rather than supporting people to improve, which meant massive amounts of change for the children (very unsettling in a school for autism) Promised four day week, was put in place after several months, then headteacher cancelled it again after a few weeks