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  • Amanda Richards beside a school playground

    Headteachers forced to mend desks and unblock toilets after cuts in England

    Exclusive: School leaders say they have had to take on additional role as caretaker because they can no longer afford staff
  • Lucy Kellaway, with short hair and wearing a watch and a necklace with round beads under a suit jacket, smiles as she holds a mug in front of a bookcase

    ‘Almost beyond belief’: axing of teacher recruitment scheme will worsen crisis, say critics

  • three schoolgirls, seen from behind, sit with raised hands in a classroom while an anonymised adult woman, seen from the side with her head turned away, stands at a whiteboard

    Teaching assistants routinely cover lessons in England and Wales, survey finds

  • Secondary school pupils walking in a corridor

    Just two in five pupils in England always feel safe in school, survey finds

  • Ofsted inspector at work

    The Guardian view on school exclusions: to help children, gaps in the system must be closed

  • A bright primary school room with a small table and bookcases with books.

    English primary schools cutting teacher numbers amid budget pressure, survey finds

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    Secret Teacher: teaching children without play was soul-destroying

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    Secret Teacher: the emphasis on British history is depriving students of balance

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    Secret Teacher: I hated teaching – until I realised my school was the problem

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    Secret Teacher: the exodus of older teachers is draining schools of expertise

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    'What exactly do you hate about teaching?' – our work expert responds

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  • I feel totally trapped. I have so many useful skills but I don’t know where to find my niche.

    Teaching is ruining my life, but I don't know what to do instead

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    Teachers on Twitter: why you should join and how to get started

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    Secret Teacher: Class, I wish I'd told you the truth about my mental health

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Work-life balance

  • Busy nurses on an NHS hospital ward

    Nurses in England took an average of one week off sick for stress last year, data shows

  • Stressed woman sat at desk with head in hands.

    Burnout is not a disease, but a symptom of an unhealthy work culture

  • Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock

    Double or nothing: Australia’s first ‘job-sharing’ political candidates raise constitutional questions

  • pupils seen from rear with their hands up as teacher points to whiteboard

    Compensate teachers in England for inability to work from home, report says

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