Five teachers have left DD's school including two of her GCSE teachers!

Dd's school usually writes which teachers are leaving and who is replacing them in an online newsletter at the end of summer term but nothing this year. It feels a bit ominous. I know they are having to cut the range of subjects offered.

I have to go back to teaching to support my family. I am scared. I have asked for mental health support and am told none is available.

I doubt that it's better for social mobility to have parents who can afford tutors topping up Inadequate education, while less advantaged kids have to figure things out for themselves.

The current education crisis is a disaster for social mobility. It's a very very unfair system

not nesesserily, kids who want to learn, can learn, as your DD has shown.

Maybe fairer for social mobility even! who knows

Apparently her new Maths teacher is the teacher who has previously only taught Business. Should I be worried?

I'd be worried about this. How is your DD at independent work? How is her general maths? I'd possibly look into tutoring if you can afford it - maybe group or online tutoring to keep costs down.

One of my DCs was not taught A level physiology by a series of agency teachers even the most enthusiastic ones didn't know what to teach. There was a phychologyvteachercwhobwas meant to be overseeing the continuity of the teaching but due to sickness and crappy teaching it didn't happen. Fortunately DD found an online course and self taught along with some of her friends. They sat at the back of the class and worked on their own.

I wonder if some posters who have kids in private schools or decent grammars etc understand quite how bad things are at regular state schools. DDs school is in a nice area and has a good (or whatever it's called). Ofsted rating.

The current education crisis is a disaster for social mobility. It's a very very unfair system.

12 (including me!) leaving my place out of just over 60.

Not all being replaced because bizarrely SLT keep insisting we are overstaffed, which obviously just means savings need to be made

yes u should beworried your childs future is going down the pan and there's no stopping it because moving schools will just make it worser

hav fun!

There are several schools with a 100% walk out. One was in the news, but the other I know of wasn't

Fuck me. Not heard about that. Wow.

Continuity between Year 10 and 11 and Year 12 and 13 is the ideal but sadly, is happening less and less in the last 5 years or so.

When I started teaching in 2004, it was not uncommon for lots of teachers to leave at the end of the academic year so the high numbers being talked about in this thread is nothing new.

However, back then, those teachers would actually have been replaced and replaced by qualified teachers in those areas.

Too many teachers currently leaving/not having contracts renewed are not being replaced at all. We had 7 teachers leave our school this year and only 2 being replaced.

Subjects are being cut from the curriculum and therefore, those teachers are not being replaced or other teachers are doubling up subjects and part time requests (mostly from returning new mothers) in the last two years have been denied (including my request).

Lord knows getting qualified maternity covers for most subjects is nigh on impossible. I've spent the last year undoing the mess my unqualified cover supply left me in. A teaching crisis indeed.

DoctorDonnaNoble-congratulations on your pregnancy!!

I saw that in the news

There are several schools with a 100% walk out. One was in the news, but the other I know of wasn't

30 out of over 100 teachers that is

Infant school near me has 8 out of 11 leaving :(

Every time I think of returning to teaching I remember....

@Teenandtween academies will hire whoever is cheapest. Mostly unqualified teachers. Education is a business now. My school is fighting to retain its 6th form, which is the only part of the school OFSTED rated 'good', because it doesn't make enough profit for the trust we are run by. Caring about results comes 2nd to caring about the bonuses at the top.

A (highly regarded) secondary near me with 2000 kids has 30 teachers leaving apparently.

@goingtobeawesome

not calling your child a liar, but what she says happened didn't happen, although she may for some reason think that it did.

But they would be suspended and asked to go home whilst the investigation progressed. It would have to be big though.

exactly, and they most certainly would not be wandering back into class room to pass the time of day chit chatting about it to children.

Lots of teachers leaving because they're sick (sometimes literally) of the pressure from all angles.

The only way I think that a teacher could be removed with immediate affect might be for a gross misconduct.

But they would be suspended and asked to go home whilst the investigation progressed. It would have to be big though.

Not being funny - I find them massively triggering. Had to hide them in the end.

I often get the 'get into Teaching' adverts on FB. Without fail they are torn apart by current and ex teachers.

I have colleagues seriously investigating the feasibility of suing DoE for these ads.

I strongly suspect there was a tipping point a few years ago - we are now utterly beyond that.

I often get the 'get into Teaching' adverts on FB. Without fail they are torn apart by current and ex teachers.

I'll be sure, not, to tell my child you're accusing them of lying.

think about it @goingotbewesome

In what circumstances is a teacher sacked on the spot?

Would a teacher then reenter the classroom and have access to students in those circumstances?

No