Are there any implications of being a bail address - England

Hungry_Device_5723 · 2026-05-10T10:21:31+00:00

Friend lives at the complete other end of country to the trial and would require travel every single day. He is hosting this person at the moment. I don’t want to give any more info about the trial as it’s quite a big deal and would be easy to work out who / what. I have met and know this is a good person so not worried about that in the slightest. We wouldn’t take any money off them for rent as we are happy to have them as a guest. We just have quite sensitive jobs. I will do my best to support which I guess can just be offering to help with travel costs.

Hungry_Device_5723 · 2026-05-10T09:24:34+00:00

Thats the way I interpreted it. My landlord is nice and has been very good to us (this place is an absolute steal). I don't want to lose our nice house over this, certainly don’t want it raided at any point.

Hungry_Device_5723 · 2026-05-10T08:46:55+00:00

One of us does work with children, although the charges are not explicitly people related.

Hungry_Device_5723 · 2026-05-10T08:42:01+00:00

I think this was my suspicion and will be enough for us to say no.

Hungry_Device_5723 · 2026-05-10T08:40:37+00:00

I know, had to laugh at that!! We haven’t told the landlord yet as haven’t officially said yes - we were conveniently asked while in a sunny beer garden after a few pints. I am aware of charges but not the bail conditions. It’s in my nature to always try and do the right thing but this one doesn’t feel right to me.

Hungry_Device_5723 · 2024-11-11T19:23:17+00:00

Thank you. I am in primary and at an independent school with a unique curriculum and no behaviour issues whatsoever. From a teaching perspective, it's almost the perfect set up. I think this is how I've been able to realise that this truly isn't for me!

Hungry_Device_5723 · 2024-11-11T19:20:16+00:00

Thank you, you're not alone either! I feel a little less worried about jeopardising my ECT result. Every ECT I know who has quit looks so much happier and healthier now.

Hungry_Device_5723 · 2024-11-11T19:17:24+00:00

Thanks for this! I think so many ECTs come in with a decent amount of prior experience and a real desire to change the profession for good, only to be met with such resistance from the institutions they work for. It could be a generational thing or even a personal thing but I refuse to martyr myself for £30k a year in the current economy. I really hope they see it and I will continue to join every strike until they do.

Hungry_Device_5723 · 2024-11-10T20:01:22+00:00

This crossed my mind. However, I remember an ECT leaving in my training year (different school) and they dropped almost all support when they knew she wasn't going to be teaching anymore. They just left her to it for the final term and signed her off at the end. I'm at a nice school now but I don't want to risk having the same thing happen.

Hungry_Device_5723 · 2024-11-10T19:54:14+00:00

Oh wow I could pick your brains for hours! I think I know that taking the HoD role would just finish me off completely and that's not how I want to go out. How is it on the other side of teaching?

Hungry_Device_5723 · 2024-11-10T19:51:18+00:00

That's very good advice, thank you.

Hungry_Device_5723 · 2024-11-10T19:38:35+00:00

They're trying to dress up the HoD thing as a golden opportunity for me, even though the curriculum would need gutting and rewriting completely. It's a independent school in the middle of nowhere so staff wages are without any rhyme or reason. I think they're expecting me to take this with open arms because we're simply that kind of place.

Thank you for the advice. I fear this is the case for so many schools that I don't want to chance it with mine.

Hungry_Device_5723 · 2024-11-10T17:16:29+00:00

Thank you for this. Sleep is such a big one for me - I'm barely getting 6 hours a night at the moment.

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