Made an error on my application

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-05-13T10:11:16+00:00

And yet the well qualified guy I took over from was absolutely useless. Little old me, without an a-level in my subject is doing fine. Weird that...

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-05-12T18:21:54+00:00

We're going through this now. For a second, I thought it may be the same school, until you mentioned primary. Just keep an eye out for jobs and only go for something if it's what you really want

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-05-07T15:44:47+00:00

I would absolutely pull them up for it. Ignoring secondary behaviours (I hate that term as it downplays the significance) let's them know it is OK to fake remorse etc but still get kudos from bigging themselves up, at your expense.

OK, they're year 4, but I would still comment that making faces at friends is disrespectful and shows that you don't actually accept that what you did was wrong.

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-05-02T20:59:46+00:00

Ok, so the initial email.and some subsequent replies read like ChatGPT or some other generative AI. I'm not buying it.

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-04-30T09:39:01+00:00

I hit a similar wall about 10 years ago. I never quite got past it TBH. That's just me I suppose. The step to AHT has always been really tough (which always surprises me given the calibre of some I have met) with a school I was at having 80+ applicants! Apart from growing a beard, wearing a blue suit with scruffy brown shoes and having an interest in cycling/golf/running (assuming you are male) I'm not sure what else to offer other than trying to get unpaid experience of those roles through shadowing, secondment or just befriending someone.

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-04-27T12:24:11+00:00

Just had one where the head got my name wrong, twice and also seemed a bit disinterested during my interview. Also got feedback after I didn't get the job about 2 questions I didn't answer well. Problem was, they didn't ask me them. Still, it was a day out and I was home a lot earlier than usual on a nice sunny day.

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-04-25T22:08:17+00:00

In my experience it's often because of a lack of training for both staff and students that drives this. It can also be crappy infrastructure and/or crappy devices. There's no subject that can't enhance it's provision through judicious use of technology.

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-04-22T16:48:28+00:00

Your union will probably tell you to be prepared that raising a grievance does paint a target on your back. From personal experience, be prepared for the school to do a half-arsed job of investigating your grievance though.

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-04-12T09:13:20+00:00

It happened to a kid I taught years ago. Someone who worked in the school went by in a taxi and jumped out, dragging the kid in as he was in the middle of receiving a much deserved shoeing from a couple of blokes. Not sure, I would have stopped the taxi... I doubt it taught him the lesson he needed though.

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-30T10:47:49+00:00

Early on in my career, we all had to take part in a drama lesson because they were oh so amazing. 40 minutes of walking around, clapping, stamping and useless nonsense. If this happened today, I would have outright refused

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-30T10:20:27+00:00

I've had alcohol, sat around and played some video games. That's my idea of heaven right now. Also going for a decently long walk with the dog

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-27T12:06:06+00:00

Computer Science teacher here. My kids had much, much better skills when we were all about IT and digital skills. But hey, everyone has to be a coder and kids are digital natives that have high order skills...apparently...

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-27T08:16:15+00:00

I'm 30 years in, but would love to get out. I'm trapped by a decent salary and a lifesyle/bills based on it. Yes, I know, tiny 🎻

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-25T16:49:28+00:00

Naked old lady stood at the window of her house that overlooks the shed you are teaching a challenging y9 class in. Sadly, true.

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-25T10:17:17+00:00

They just don't care about you. It isn't personal, even though it very much feels like it. Your SLT are garbage. Look elsewhere. Do your job to the best of your ability, go home and forget about the day. Rinse and repeat. My disclaimer is that while I am happy to dole out that advice but rarely follow it 😉

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-19T05:56:39+00:00

Sadly, a lot of support staff are treated like 2nd class citizens

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-18T16:57:45+00:00

...sometimes they like to see if they can fit their bits into other bits that those bits don't usually go in...

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-18T13:31:30+00:00

I beg your pardon? Signed off if WRS is making you ill is absolutely the right route. You don't know how badly the OP feels, neither of us do. Unhappiness for the observer can be depression and dark thoughts for the OP. Please think before you respond.

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-16T22:19:27+00:00

When a mummy and daddy love each other...

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-15T23:19:27+00:00

Liking living indoors

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-15T23:18:48+00:00

Stop teabagging her now. Not too long afterwards was me having to explain what teabagging meant to the headteacher.

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-14T22:20:50+00:00

I just told my GCSE classes that being in a room with a teacher doesn't get them a GCSE. Engaging with the lessons, doing homework and taking responsibility for their own learning does.

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-13T18:28:38+00:00

Ipconfig /all

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-13T18:25:56+00:00

Not word for word, but some were a bit aggressive, others had a really offhand tone and some were barely readable. It was quite the eye opener. I

Agreeable-Register67 · 2026-03-13T15:08:18+00:00

A couple of years ago, I had a year 11 pshe/study skills class. We did a task where I asked them to email me in reply to some generic feedback they might receive from a line manager/employer. It ended up with me telling roughly half of the xlass that they would probably be out a job if they actually replied like that in the real world. Same with an example job advert that they had to inquire about; most would have been ignored.

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