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YOUNG teachers are being “driven out of the profession” by the impact of excessive workloads on their mental health, the National Union of Teachers warned yesterday.
An NUT survey of 3,000 teachers under the age of 35 found that 45 per cent thought they would leave the profession within five years. Nearly 50 per cent cited concerns over their mental health.
And 85 per cent said it had become “very difficult” to achieve a good work/life balance.
A teaching delegation to Cuba offered IAN DUCKETT a powerful glimpse into a schooling system defined by care, creativity and the legacy of the island’s remarkable 1961 literacy campaign
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
