Hey,
I did kind of similar - moved from teaching to an admin type role. In my case it was an education role in a charity. I hated it. There was a lot of on boarding from the HR teams about centralised systems and mandatory training that I never used, but nothing on the day to day stuff in my department. Like you, I just had to ask a lot.
I guess that, unlike you, I didn’t expect to receive lots of training on the day to day stuff. However, what really shocked me was the culture shift from a school to a charity. In school, all the time, we were trying to make things better. Everything was so organised. At the charity, everyone did stuff differently, there were no systems, stuff went wrong all the time and no one seemed to care.
Also, I brought really high expectations. My colleagues had to tell me to chill the fuck out. I left after a few months, it wasn’t good for anyone me being there. I started really enthusiastically but quickly became quite disillusioned and depressed and I know that had a negative impact on my colleagues. I’m quite embarrassed looking back at my time there.
Okay, jobs ideas for you.
Go back to teaching. Honestly, you won’t have burnt your bridges. If you liked teaching and your colleagues were the reason you left, then you should at least consider this. You could always try slightly different versions of teaching which have less pay but less stress eg HLTA or EYE.
I would go on Tes with a search radius that’s a manageable commute and change no other filters. You will be surprised at how many jobs you had never considered that might work with your skill set. These might be support staff, or within a different kind of setting.
There are also quite a few online teaching roles for alternative provisions. They pay good hourly rates but I’m not sure if that would end up paying a good monthly wage.
Education/training in HR. Honestly - the thought of this makes me want to fall asleep! But it’s a natural move. There are some creators on tik tok who describe how they did this. Now earning loads of money in private sector.
You could do what I did and try an education role in a charity. Check out charity jobs website. It will be very low paid, poor pension and holiday. But you might find something rewarding (unlike me!).
I would honestly sit tight in your current job now for a while. Super engage with pip. Try to bring positivity into the job each day, rather than be a drain on it. It’s a culture shift you’ve gone through.
Good luck