Can you see yourself teaching until you're 68+?

[JenniferYellowHat1980]

I stopped teaching last year (sec English) and have been working in the NHS. Problem is that without going back to uni which isn't an option financially, I can't really see a future in it.

Obviously there's high demand for my subject and opportunities keep coming up. There's one I really need to make a decision on by Friday. My biggest struggle recently has been behaviour even though I have a lot of experience. This school is also in monitoring so that's an issue but potentially also a chance to make a contribution.

Realistically, we need me to teach financially and also to cover school holidays. I much prefer having professional autonomy as a teacher compared to the hierarchy I'm at the bottom of now. I love teaching more able and talented and A level, and most kids are fine. It's just the horrors that grind me down.

Would I be mad to take it? Is it possible to keep going until 68?

I will not be teaching at 68. I will be working i am sure i wont be able to retire due to money but there is no way I could do the job.

I'm in the NHS and we have been forced to do 13 hour nightshifts. I am nights tonight and tomorrow and I did Fri-Sun nights last week with a couple of day shifts in the middle. I can't see me lasting until 50 working in the NHS. It is sheer torture. I never see my children as I am always made to work a lot of weekends and evenings. This is not what I signed up for when I left university.
I am applying for a university post this week so will see what comes of that.
I think any public sector job is screwed, sadly!