Nice place to work - Recensione dipendente - Computer Science Teacher presso CATS Education

Lovely international students who want to learn and are mostly enthusiastic. Great staff who will help each other and are incredibly friendly. Mostly small classes which is a great environment and an added bonus is the early start to the summer. The school breaks up in late June. At the moment it is still better than most state schools, but unfortunately this is changing rapidly for the worse.

Very long working hours. School starts at 8.30 and finishes at 5.00. Very little non contact time and management do not always honour PPA time, which they refuse to put on the timetable. Very little time to do marking or work except at the weekend. Staff expected to do duties, cover and invigilation. Reports are unwieldy and an admin nightmare. Unfortunately what was a lovely school where staff were trusted and respected is rapidly becoming like many other schools where staff feel stretched and overburdened.

Free accommodation and food, but the food gave me poisoning on numerous occasions and the accommodation is awful.

1. Racially abused my staff on a regular basis. When I complained ( to another manager because my line manager wouldn’t respond to me) I was told I had to ‘figure out ways to deal with it’ and I should ‘try journaling’. 2. I wasn’t at any point given a stable place of accomodation. I was told I would have access to a kitchen but it was so disgusting I couldn’t stand in there for longer than a minute without feeling sick. 3. The work culture is absolutely awful. The staff, head of boarding and principal provide literally no support whatsoever even after extreme and troubling events. Your safety and welfare is not on anyone’s mind whatsoever. 4. I had to make so many calls to even be paid properly, and when I fell ill due to work, I had to go through a lengthy procedure to get sick pay