Mr Wozny admits he was worried about how schools would receive the agency, given the controversy following the case of Amy Gehring, the supply teacher acquitted earlier this year of indecently assaulting two pupils, but he insists it has had a good response from London educational authorities, including Camden, Hackney, Lewisham and Bromley.
Bigfoot's prices are favourable compared with other, more traditional supply agencies says Scott Young. It charges schools £165 a day, and it pays it's staff £100 - which he insists is "a lot of money for actors". They get £30 extra if they have to do additional research, and some expenses.
"Some supply agencies are paying staff to sit in front of a class and keep the children quiet for a day," he says. "My daughter will come home from school and I'll say 'what did you do today?' and she'll reply "Oh, we had a supply teacher in.' 'What did you do?' 'Not much.'
"We keep numeracy and literacy stuff but it's drama based. All of the schools I've spoken to have said that they would rather have that than some teacher they pay £165 for who can't control the class."
