What's HR like? Ex teacher looking for a move

[Brookville]

I am 40 and have quit secondary teaching after 10 years. I have experience of managing a team of 10 and really enjoyed that side of the job. I need a new career that will earn me some half-decent money so I can help with mortgage repayments and wine.
Friends suggest tutoring etc but I don't think I want to do freelance so all I wondered if HR is a good career.
What's the best way in at 40 (i.e I don't really want to do another expensive professional qualification if I can help it)?

Bump!

HR is competitive where I live so I crossed this idea off my list

What about working for a supply teacher agency or similar recruitment type thing?

What about just general management jobs? NHS manager? (NHS website) - I'm sure I've read on here or somewhere else, of a teacher (with management experience) getting a job as an NHS manager. General office manager? - they might have this kind of job in recruitment agencies. Being able to manage a team of people, and enjoy it, is a really good skill to have.
I know loads of people who've got promoted, and have had to people manage, but have hated it, and been crap at it.

Thank you Dithering and Lostina good ideas. It's just getting someone to look at your CV in a different light. Right now, I keep getting called by teaching agencies because they have a 'lovely' teaching job for me in a 'lovely' school! Still I guess it's nice to be called ...

Watching with interest as I was about to ask the same question.

HR is tough and competitive. To earn well you really need to do CIPD, which is no minor undertaking.

If it's something you really want to do then go for it, but if you're thinking it will be an easy option I'd give it a miss tbh.

I love it but I think you should look it as usininv your teaching skills too. So working in education recruitment or similar. I started as Assistant to head of HR as I was an executive assistant in PR before so could use those skills then learn HR.
CIPD qualifications are important but you can do those once started and there is distance learning etc. may get sponsored etc. I found it a bit odd on my course that there were some people straight out of uni when I think HR really needs people who have been in work environments rather than who just know the theory.
Hope this all helps. It's a great area to work in. I'm just about to start a new part time role after mat leave and really looking forward to it. Do message me if you have more questions.

To me hr means doing one of two things:

All the boring shite that no one else wants to do.
Clearing up all the shite that no one else wants to do.

Ds works in HR in Local Government. They funded his CIPD. He's 26 and earns in excess of £33k pa. He started at 18 after A2s as an admin officer and worked his way up. He enjoys it but has his sights elsewhere but needs to stay for another year to avoid having to pay back the CIPD funding.

whenwill ds said that about the students on his CIPD. There was huge difference between those who were employed in HR and those who were straight out of uni. He said it was like idealists and realists.