At some point I think a lot of us sit and wonder what else we could do as a career.  On those days when the kids at school have been little monkeys (that’s putting it politely), the paperwork is mounting up and I have three sets of books to mark before the following morning I wonder what else I could be doing with my life. Research carried out by education recruitment specialists ITN Mark found that 47% of Brits admitted that they had considered looking elsewhere. Of the 1,500 men and women questioned, 10% said they had always wanted to do…

It’s been quite a while since I have written about education.  With the thought of maternity leave looming and the chance to spend close to 12 months out of schools I have been pushing most work related thoughts to the back of my mind.  But then there was the budget yesterday, and with it the latest way to “improve” education.  Let’s leave the news that every school must be an Academy by 2020 for a minute (that’s a whole other blog post in itself), but focus on the scrapping of the “Victorian” 3:30pm school home time. Sigh! Mr Osborne would…

Today is probably going to feel like the longest of your life so far.  Waiting to find out what your future holds, where you will be going next, or whether you will be staying where you are (for now, at least). It’s a little different than it was in my day, you’ll be able to log on to UCAS (from 8am in case you were wondering) in the comfort of your own home to find our whether your university place has been accepted.  When you come into school you will know if you’re in before seeing your results.  We had…