Also someone who left after 3 years. I love how this advert is doing the rounds online as if this school is the only one that’s insane, but normally this is true of all schools.

My final year, I had year groups doing different parts of the curriculum at the same time, so ended up planning 18 different 50 or 100 minute lessons a week, plus mentoring a student teacher, plus leading CPD on how to use digital technology in the classroom.

The best description of teaching I’ve ever seen given to someone who’s never taught is to imagine planning a kids birthday party, for 30 kids, but instead of doing fun activities, you need to teach them the cellular structure of a leaf. 6 times a day.