Pros
Staff carpark - that’s all I can think of!
Cons
CCTV in every classroom so you are under scrutiny all the time. Approximately 40% of the teaching staff left Brampton Manor Academy in the Summer of 2024 (the national average is 13% annual turnover in a school). I’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions. If you are off sick they refuse to pay you unless you have a doctors certificate. Bereavement leave is very harsh too - don’t expect 2 weeks for the death of a close loved one. Unqualified medical advice on back to work interviews. SLT are unpleasant bullies. Daily (unnecessary) briefings from the head which are more like sermons (he is a lay preacher in his local church on Sundays). Teaching staff are subjected to a 1970’s style fear culture. Staff voice is non-existent (there are no NEU reps in this school anymore and the head point blank refused to meet with the previous incumbents. Top down management all the way). A Level class sizes are massive - 30+ per group. The Sixth form building is too small for the number of students - it’s like a rugby scrum in the corridors during lesson change overs. No Xmas or Summer party, no pub on a Friday - no social element whatsoever. Zero work/life balance. Just like the Rihanna song - it’s “work, work, work…” If you are thinking of applying here then I recommend that you read through all the reviews on here first!