Thanks for the replies.

I was beginning to think I had adopted the wrong approach. I posted my brief details on a few websites and have been inundated mostly with offers which simply are not for me.

I have been a high school teacher for many years and have no wish to teach younger students that is why I specified public schools. I don't wish to waste mine and the schools time going through all the notions if there is no mileage in me applying.

An example conversation. "Does the school provide accommodation?", "Yes they give you an allowance", "Is it school accommodation?", "They pay for it by the allowance", "So I have to find the accommodation myself?", "Yes, that what the allowance is for", "So it's not the school accommodation?"...

I said to one agent that I don't wish to travel between campuses or work in different locations. They said no, there is none of that, stayed up on Skype until very late to have an interview and when I confirmed that this was the case, was told, we have two campuses they are 45 minutes apart.

Another one last night which seemed a good fit so I went ahead with the interview only to find out that the promised 16 classes turned out to include 6 of primary school kids. I explained that I don't wish to teach this age group and therefore see no point in continuing with the interview.

This is my point, surely it's of no benefit in wasting everyone's time.

The reason I asked about office hours was because of the person saying it is a requirement of the education board. I thought maybe this is something new but it sounds like its a ruse to cover themselves.

Having gone through all the loops to get all my documents verified, authenticated etc, I'm already starting to feel drained before I even get a job!