Pros
Some lovely people still work at this Trust, though they're doing everything possible to push them towards the door.
Cons
Wholly unmanageable working demands: *Zero appreciation of a work/life balance - A senior member of the MAT Leadership Team once told me that if a teacher is not judged to be fulfilling all roles and responsibilities then it doesn't matter how many hours they're working in a week. *Be ready to follow dull, uninspiring plans that cannot be deviated from and are pitched way above the level of the children (to say nothing of often having been lifted directly from websites and breaching copyright law!) *If your face doesn't fit or you're not prepared to buy in to the vision or (God forbid) you actually have a bit of personality about you, be prepared to be placed on a support plan until they've drained the creativity right out of you. *Watch through your fingers as you're told there's "no money" and TAs are rapidly laid-off, then attend large scale, expensive INSET days with many speakers which would cover the wages of the support staff ten-fold.