ABSTRACT
I have, however, known people to return from these visits so worried that they speak of not signing contracts. Their impressions of the school gained at interview have been contradicted by talking to jaded teachers, and seeing pupils behaving badly. As a result, every year there are one or two NQTs who do not turn up at their school or who leave after the first week. Remember that you’re probably seeing the school at its least desirable: at the end of term with exhausted teachers and demob-happy pupils. It will be better at the start of the school year.
