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2 Questions is 11 teachers leaving secondary school bad? and is 3rd place reserve likely to get an offer

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claudib · 25/07/2020 22:35

sorry for multiple Qs!
We have been offered our 2nd choice of (North London) secondary school, just received the newsletter for this school and it said "we are sorry to be saying goodbye to 11 teachers" ..!
seems quite a mutiny!!
It's making me really hope we get an offer in our first choice.. We are currently 3rd on the list ( on my last check).. so 4 kids in band A will have to not take their places for us to get a chance.. are these good odds?

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mnahmnah · 25/07/2020 22:58

Typos, sorry! I blame the dog....

mnahmnah · 25/07/2020 22:58

I work in a top 100 state school, ofsted outstanding. It’s great place to work. No big issues. But yes, some years we have had that many leave. Others year it might only be one. It is usually retirements and promoted posts elsewhere.

Alloverthegrapevine · 25/07/2020 22:54

Hmm we have 70 teachers, lose around 3-4 each summer.

It depends why they've gone. It could be that the head's started doing some performance management and they've gone before theure pushed, not necessarily a bad thing.

You sometimes find a staff is of a similar age and especially where there has been low turnover previously, a lot retire at once. One talks of having investigated the possibility of early retirement and then they're all at it, especially this year, I'd imagine.

Pregnancies seem to come in groups too.

Sometimes it can be because the school has developed good, ambitious teachers but can't offer them promotion.

But yes, unless it's a huge school 11 is a lot.

Lonecatwithkitten · 25/07/2020 22:49

It really depends how big the school is and how many teachers it has. 11 could be a massive number or really very few.

Worriedteacher2018 · 25/07/2020 22:49

Could be quite usual. People move for promotion, maternity, retirement. Plus Covid made lots of people reevaluate their careers. If it’s a large staff body that might be quite usual. I work in a large comprehensive and we lose that number most years. Also some staff may have been on temporary contracts.

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