After over 100 applications, I took a charity job
I am qualified, experienced and willing to work in a number of local authorities yet find myself in my 40s applying for UC and wondering what I can sell on eBay this month to make ends meet.
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- 86Teacher voice
Almost £10,000 of savings spent on living costs
It was always my passion to become a teacher. I didn’t expect that when I finally achieved that dream it would wreck my life.
- 87Teacher voice
Fertility treatment on hold without a stable job
I was recently given some bad fertility news which meant I need to start treatment ASAP if I want to have a family and I cannot.
- 88Teacher voice
Fifth-choice placement, almost 700 miles a week
I have bills and a mortgage and I’ve had to put off having children and seek benefits to continue working in this industry.
- 89Teacher voice
Finally permanent after three years of anxiety
I am extremely fortunate that I secured a permanent contract just this week and the weight that has come off my shoulders has been massive.
- 90Teacher voice
Funded to train, then left scrambling for work
It doesn’t make sense to pay teachers through training and then leave them scrambling for work or having to uproot their whole lives to do something they have been funded by government to do.
- 91Teacher 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.
- 92Teacher voice
I believe my council broke my continuous service
This was only discovered during a payscale dispute and HR were very aggressive and essentially told me it was ‘too bad’ and I should’ve said something earlier.
- 93Teacher voice
Internal-only posts, and I will soon be external
I am concerned that when my current post ends I will become external and no longer eligible to apply for the very few positions that become available.
- 94Teacher voice
Left an eight-year permanent post and lost maternity entitlement
I lost my maternity entitlement causing financial implications to my family as I couldn’t move my family 500 miles with two young children in less than a week following [their employer's] timelines.
- 95Teacher voice
Met the requirements for permanency twice, still temporary
I then reapplied for permanency in 2023, having met it for a second time, and was told that I am due this however it does not guarantee me work. It feels totally pointless.
- 96Teacher voice
Not a single primary post advertised after relocating
I have moved from a permanent contract in a private school to a temporary, part time BGE post as an English and Maths teacher in a Secondary as I was relocating due to family circumstances.