Considering retraining as primary school teacher

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Currently employed full time in a middle management position in HR for Civil Service. Absolutely hate it. Originally completed my degree in Education with a 2:1 but for personal reasons at the time decided not to continue to PGCE year straight after.

Fast-forward 10 years and I’m now mid-thirties, a (very content) lone parent to an 2 year old and generally happy in every aspect of my life besides work. AIBU to consider quitting my comfy but otherwise happiness-sapping role and retrain as a primary school teacher?

I’ve applied for the salaried route and am awaiting an update on next stage which would be interview. Looking for the views of either existing primary school teachers and / or, ideally, single parents who work in the field. No hyperbole please, just the facts.

Thanks in advance.

This is a "choose your hard" moment.

You wont get it all who teaching and kids. A job you love is traded off for long hours and missing your own childs school events. A flexible job is boring but allows you to be there.

Teaching appears to be challenging at the moment. If you were my friend I would advise waiting until your child is in secondary. Teaching will always be there and it will he a better fit at that point in your life.

Both DH and I have left teaching in recent years. I've stayed in a school and moved across to school business manager and DH has gone to the CS. Neither of us have looked back since. We have our lives back, we're not working all hours. DH does his hours, shuts down and doesn't think about it til the next day, gets his 30 days AL but has control of his diary and flexitime to add in too. I've maintained term time and have a very flexible boss so can attend all the things at my sons school that I missed as a teacher

Don't do it.