Stressed teachers: Almost half of England's teachers plan to quit within the next five years

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Almost half of England's school teachers plan to quit in the next five years. Primary School Teacher Sarah Hashimy joins Stephen and Rosie to discuss what she believes is the cause.

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There are so many closed minded comments about teachers having it easy, as they have long holidays and don't work as hard as other professions. I worked as a mechanic for several years and completely changed career due to wanting to work abroad. After getting my degree I became a teacher. Mechanics was a physically demanding job, however I always had energy to do stuff in the evening and on the weekends, because it was not stressful. Dealing with the levels of stress you can face in a school is unimaginable when you don't do it yourself. I would not be doing what I am doing if I was not planning to take a post abroad in the next couple of years.

Geocycling
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Teaching in the uk is horrific. You are assessed using arbitrary methods which change second to second, and you are only ever one observation/complaint away from losing your job.
Newbies wanting to try it- don’t. It’ll be the worst mistake you ever make.

timwannell
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Parents use schools as a free babysitting company

equalitypeace
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I qualified and realised it’s not what I want to do. Besides all this, there’s so much toxicity amongst staff etc. the constant feeling of being scrutinised by other teachers etc. it chips away at your self esteem. Not all schools are toxic. But if you end up stuck in one, it can truly be a miserable experience.

majidhussain
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Today I left at 9:20 am because of the level of verbal harassment from the kids, along with them throwing objects at me.
Mind you, I have ten years of experience in education and fifteen years in mental health care. I need money and I am in debt. But today the abuse just hit harder. I was in a mainstream school. It's years that I don't work anymore in mental health and PRUs. Nobody should put with this. And boards are busy trying to get as much as possible out funds while investing as little as possible in staff and resources

niamcd
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The behaviour of kids, workload, Ofsted, targets, marking, accountability, interference, are some of the reason teachers quit teaching .

equalitypeace
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The kids run the schools now, I dont expect the cane brought back, but there is no boundaries now, if they are expelled they are back the week after. Any detention, you have to inform the parents. If they Suspended they are back the day after...My wife is a teacher, some parents are worse than the kids, thick as whale sperm, so how are the kids going to progress in life. It also does not help when you have headmasters getting rid of teachers for no reason so he can get men in and not have women, yes a gay headmaster in my wifes previous school. A truly Awful man. The schools are under horrendous pressure, a lot are off with depression, stress, blood pressure issues. Violence and assault is common in inner town and city schools. After 10 years teachers are burnt out mentally. This is successive governments having brain farts over education. It should be ran by teachers/headmasters not MPs ffs.

mrmagoo
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Dont blame them, bunch of kids are ungrateful brats.

xenisyst
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It took me 14 months to burnt out, they lost a computer science teacher there.

albertoginelsalvador
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As a retired LEO who worked the numerous security jobs in Middle and high schools, there is no way in hell that I would be able to put up with the crap that I saw the teachers having to endure. Much respect.

jascam
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Newbies wanting to try it- don’t. It’ll be the worst mistake you ever make. It will ruin your life!

honeydate
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Don't ever be a teacher. You don't even need an accusation or a criminal record. I have never had either. Suspicion and gossip will ruin your life. It has mine.

leestalker
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I left it for the sake my health after 7 year teaching
it was chaos, mistreated very bad

mohamedabdulaahi
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Reading some of the comments on here about teachers is not surprising. It should be mandatory for every adult in the UK to teach for a couple of months to experience what it is like. I can't help but think that because people have been through the education system as a student they believe they have an awareness of what it's like to be a teacher. I completed my PGCE a few years ago, and even if they bumped up the salary I would rather be in a call centre or stacking shelves than go back to teaching in the UK.

Also the idea that teachers have no idea what it's like in the real world is absolute nonsense. The majority of teachers leave after 5 years, so unless every single one of those people spend the rest of their life on the dole, most go into different industries. The sad irony is that as long as the teacher bashing continues, the turn over is just going to continue to get higher. Many people with young children are going to have their child taught by people who have absolutely no idea what their child's name is let alone their their ability.

HannahLouiseYT
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I’m an NQT and I want to quit after 1 year.

Babzer
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This lady is speaking the truth. My daughter is a primary school teacher. She plans to quit, she loves teaching kids but says the demands from the headteachers are unbearable.

pdizzle
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Teachers in all levels have it hard. Teachers are the most undervalued

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I had to take a low paid job in a school after my business got attacked online and destroyed, so I know that teachers are stressed. They need to stop all these silly checks and just let teachers teach. I complained to one teacher because he was bullying my daughter and I told him he was stressing her out. He said, "I AM STRESSED OUT, I HAVE TO TEACH 30+ CHILDREN!" Stressed out teachers cause anxiety for poor little children. This needs to stop now!

We are a family Home Education Success Story which the UK likes to sweep under the rug. I plan to give that rug a good shake! I cannot stand Academic Elite Bullies who are not team players and do not know what a child is!

ButterflyLullabyLtd
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Here in the USA… a teacher crisis. Underpaid; Babysitters now (yes… even in high school); zero respect for teachers. The dumbing of America. We are doomed.

notmytruth.thetruth.
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One of the problems is that there are too many people in the profession that like to make work for others for their own gain.

mackymac