I am considering not returning to my current job at the end of my mat leave, and in a few years retraining - possibly as a 2ndary science (chemistry) teacher. The most off-putting thing is the frequent comments about how long the hours are. So what hours do you really work? How long is an average day during term-time? How many of these hours are 'flexible' and how many at fixed times? how many hours do you realistically do in the school-holidays? Is it flexible when you do these hours? How many weeks are term/time and how many holidays? How family-unfriendly is it, really?
Any chemistry teachers? I've a few specific questions, too.
Is it a completely mad idea? At the moment to do my 'nominally' 22.5hr/week job I spend about 30 hrs at work.