Private or state schools?

[NuttySupplier]

An old Head of mine wouldn't employ someone straight from the private sector either... you really have to be careful!

I moved the opposite way minnie... a few hundred miles north to be with OH!

[Gnomoospan]

I am quite
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by some heads saying they wouldn't employ someone from private sector, surely it should be the best person for the job? In nutcracker's case it was a job, doesn't mean all people in priavte sector wnat to be there forever. When we were coming back from overseas my hubby looked at private schools but the saturday mornings and evening duties put us off too, having young kids it would have been too much time away from them. HAving said that I went to private school and loved it and had a very rounded education, don't remember playing board games!

[ruby_tuesday]

I had heard that some headteachers are reluctant to appoint people from independent schools – I think part of the theory is that CPD in LEA schools is a higher priority. I don’t know if that is actually true.

How is salary decided in the Independent sector? Do they use national pay scales?

Also, what do people think about uniforms? At the school where I have been supplying they have quite a formal uniform, shirts, ties for KS1 and blazers for KS2. I am a big fan of uniform but feel this is a bit overpowering for little ones. I think KS1 and KS2 look better in a polo shirt and ‘smart’ sweatshirt in school colours.

[skiteacher]

in answer to the questions about pay scales etc.
Soem schools pay lower, some schools follow MPS levels etc, some pay higher, some have signed into the teachers pension scheme, some have own, some don't do anything. Some schools have CPD, some don't. I see a pattern forming!
But I certainly agree with the view that state heads don't view teachers from independent schools well, yes it should be the best person for the job, but sometimes where they've come from has not
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e them the best person for the job (was that dipomatically said!?)

[NuttySupplier]

I love the kids wearing polo shirts and sweatshirts!
I saw some kids queueing for the bus to the local private school the other day, junior age, in grey blazers and caps, didn't think they looked much like kids really... do they go out to playtime in the blazers? Very smart, looked lovely, but prefer the polo shirts (bright purple in one of my schools, white in the other!)

[ruby_tuesday]

Thanks for answering those questions skiteacher.

I agree – little ones look so overwhelmed in shirts, ties and blazers, and grey shirts are too dark for them. Yes, they go out to play in the blazers but they are forever taking off and putting on ties & blazers etc for things like drama.

However, I do think blazers are ok for KS3 – I heard a speaker say once “It’s difficult to act like a prat when you are wearing a blazer” and I think he had a fair point! (Note, he said difficult, not impossible!)

[NuttySupplier]

Ha! So true!