Education worker - Anonymous employee IntoUniversity Employee Review

Meaningful impact – you directly support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to access education and opportunities Purpose-driven work – the organisation is focused on social mobility and making education fairer Strong team culture – staff often highlight supportive, passionate colleagues with shared values Training & development – regular CPD, staff conferences, and leadership development opportunities Varied role – mix of delivery, mentoring, events, and partnerships keeps work interesting Clear progression into education/charity sector – great foundation role with transferable skills Employee benefits – e.g. 33 days annual leave, wellbeing support, pension contributions, summer hours Sense of achievement – seeing students grow in confidence and aspiration is a major reward

lack of flexibility and progression

- meet amazing students, lovely to see them grow and become better each day - parents are mostly lovely as we're a charity - range of experience with yr 3-y13, SEN students; this is not something you get in most jobs - encouraged to take the initiative - not as stressful as working in a school - get the opportunity to work 1:1 with students, which really makes a difference - month training in london with accommodation provided - training in london covered everything and had 1:1 chats with us weekly - job with many others in their early 20s, which is great if you are also that - student opportunities are great for the students - cluster meetings, paying for hotels - updates from head office to make us feel like a wider team - great HR! - inclusive company actively trying to be more so

- work can get overwhelming all of the sudden, and support depends on your centre - workshops are getting repetitive after a while, we deliver the same workshop at least 2 times, then it repeats year on year - many teams in the company are looking at how to improve the workshops and are keen for centre team feedback - teams are small so if you don't get along or want to report someone it's very very difficult - turnover: covering, this means getting the train 2 hours before 9am start (depends on where you live and whether there are other centres close by) - depends on the school but workshops are encouraged to start at 9am so you get to the centre earlier than that, which isn't great especially for mondays and Thursdays - centres vary, some are rundown, some are quite nice and spacious - not good enough training for behvaiour management and SEN - use of own cars to drive to schools, which again means car sharing with a close-knit team