Secondary teacher or primary teacher?

[LeahJack]

I’m trying to decide which of these to go for in my PGCE. I like the idea of teaching teenagers in a subject I’m interested in, but worry there won’t be many of that specific job.

Workload is a big consideration, does anybody have any thoughts on which might be the most time intensive outside school hours?

Thanks

Secondary doesn’t pay more in terms of mainscale teaching but promoted roles in secondaries tend to be higher paid from core middle management upwards, largely because secondaries tend to be larger organisations. A headteacher of a small primary could be on a similar salary to a deputy of a medium sized secondary or even to an assistant head teacher at the top of their scale in a large salary.

X-post with OP - glad to hear the love for those lakes!

Thanks for responses btw