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Is teaching at private schools better?

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buffertie · 18/06/2025 20:26

Many a thread and much in the news about just how awful teaching is. Many teachers are leaving the profession. The main reasons I’m heading and reading about are: poor pay, very long hours, badly behaved children, even worse behaved parents, unrealistic expectations, ofsted, too many kids. Many more I’m sure, I’m not an expert on the subject as you can probably tell.

Anyway, my kids go to private primary school and I often look at the teachers and wonder if they’re ok or if it’s any better at private schools ?

I have nothing but praise and respect for all teachers. I certainly could not do it and I am saddened by the poor conditions and quite frankly very worried what will happen, as so many are leaving the profession and many more are probably put off from even joining.

what’s the situation in private schools, generally speaking ? Is it better or actually worse ? Perhaps more pressure ?

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Limpetrocks · 18/10/2025 19:34

ButterPiesAreGreat · 18/10/2025 01:35

I reckon a child would likely be excluded in state in that situation. Was a school governor in a secondary academy and sat on a few panels for exclusions. The HT could exclude for a single serious breach of the behaviour policy and that policy set out what that could be. Assaulting another pupil was one of those things. Even if that child had previously not had any previous serious behaviour issues.

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In Scotland it is nearly impossible to permanently exclude children. Only a handful are excluded in the entire country every year. It’s a massive selling point for private.

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