Leaving teaching and getting past the holidays? How do you do with 30 days off? Is it better now?

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I feel like the only reason I would continue is because once I have kids soon I can go part time 3 days and have all the half terms.

or I can move and do something else with about 30 days off in the year plus bank holidays and option to buy one week?

Not according to numerous surveys conducted by the government and teaching unions. The most recent one (2023) concluded that teachers worked on average 52.4 hours per week, with primary teachers working slightly more than secondary. I'd be staggered if anyone could get all their marking and prep done in PPA time - but as I said, some teachers do the bare minimum.

Did you burn-out, Hun????

By bare minimum do you mean meeting our obligations as per our contract?

As I said, what you've posted is not my reality. But then I always protect my personal and private time.

And I would love every non-teacher to work a year in a school before they presume to tell me what a cushy number I’m on. Try it. Please come back and report how you find it. And for the record, I LOVE my job but it also takes everything from me in term time and I need my holidays or it would just not be worth the sacrifices of time and personal relationships I make every year.