Career changers left hanging after probation
People have given up careers to retrain as teachers. Then after probation year we are left hanging with no idea what’s going on.
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- 02Teacher voice
106 rejections in two weeks after probation
I received 106 rejections while trying to find supply work after my probation year, all within a two-week period.
- 03Teacher voice
Not a single day of supply after probation
After completing probation in 2023, I was unable to secure a teaching post and, despite being registered for supply work with my local authority, was not offered a single day of supply.
- 04Teacher voice
After probation year, I managed to secure a one year contract in East Dunbartonshire due to Covid outbreak in 2020.
Unfortunately, since returning to Glasgow, I have still been unable to secure a place on a supply list, and every application I have made for a primary teaching post, whether permanent or fixed-term, has been rejected before reaching interview stage.
- 05Teacher voice
Probationers placed by GTCS and then stuck there
Authorities shouldn’t be allowed to bring in probationer numbers if there is not sufficient work for current teachers or those probationers after probationary year.
- 06Teacher voice
Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire treat new teachers differently
If you get probation in Aberdeen City you are offered a chance to interview and be placed in a school for your newly qualified year. If you are in Aberdeenshire you are left to find your own employment after probation year.
- 07Teacher voice
Trained in London, now near impossible to move schools
Our probationer teacher last year said she had been told by the university it was highly unlikely her cohort would get jobs after probation.
- 08Teacher voice
Home to my newborn after 10 at night
Throughout this period I have been regularly working both my jobs, not getting home to my newborn till after 10 at night.
- 09Teacher voice
A longer probation will not fix insecure employment
It can mean spending years moving between temporary contracts, fixed-term posts and supply work, repeatedly proving yourself in classrooms while still having no meaningful job security.
- 10Teacher voice
Retrained and passed probation, but no teaching post
After investing significant time, effort and money in retraining and successfully completing probation, it is disheartening to be qualified and keen to teach but unable to secure a permanent position.
- 11Teacher voice
Told during probation there were jobs in Dubai
During my probation year, when I raised concerns about the availability of teaching posts and asked what opportunities might be available after qualifying, I was told that “there were jobs in Dubai”.
- 12Teacher voice
Trapped in my fifth-choice council from probation
I am trapped in a local authority after being given my fifth choice for probation.