Leaving a job so close to my house for a job far for my mental health? (Teaching)

[Se12345]

Last summer I was looking for a job and moving into my new home and was lucky enough to land a job in a school 3 mins drive away from my house. Although I spend my nights working and the planning is so stressful and I can’t seem to get my head around teaching a mixed class and the behaviour and management is awful. I am left alone and then when a child hits another child during transition I am blamed because I was not proactive enough.

I have given notice and now landed a higher paying job which is about 30 min to 1 hour drive from my house. It is also meant to be a nursery class teacher role where my experience is.

What is everyone’s views. What would you do?

Already as I am leaving they are trying to pile more work on me in my last few weeks to make sure nothing is left undone. I don’t know how much longer I can take it. Considering sick leave but want to leave on a good note.

If it's a toxic school leave.

Keep telling them you'll do the work and just don't.

Do you have a similar experience. They constantly do book looks, I already let go of marking every page. I just can’t do it anymore and only been here 5 months.

Leave. I teach, and I commute 45 mins to an hour each way, but it is so worth it for a school where you are more supported than blamed. No school is perfect, but if you think the other school and class are a better fit for you, then I'd do it. If you find the commute is too much you can always keep looking for something nearer, but it's better to get out of the school that's making you miserable ASAP.

Yes, I left a bit over a year ago.

The workload was insane and the SLT just kept piling more on.

Se12345

Don't do the extras, it is the poor managements way of punishing you for leaving.

I mean my notice ends on 8th of feb so a week before the half term yet they making sure to remind me to review IEP targets and create new ones before I leave. We only usually review on the very last week. I will do it. But idk if they should be asking.

my step-mum always looked for a school at least 30 minutes away from home, less chance of the little darlings following her around the shops or peering in a cafe window … she loved the drive listening to audiobooks making a clear delimitation from work

You can only go the extra mile if you are happy. I did 20 extra hours in my last week and stayed till 9pm even on my last day even though I could have finished at 3. I wasn't too happy in the end but they developed me a lot tbf
Don't worry about the distance. I once took a paycut to work close to home. The traffic meant it still took 30 mins to get home and I was glad to get out. Look for a good environment, then any changes after that