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A graduate assistant at an independent school explains how she has felt underappreciated and unrewarded in a system that takes advantage of cheap labour

An anonymous writer tells us their issues with the gaps in the EHCP process

‘Teaching is and was not the profession I thought it would be – I know lots of happy teachers, but I was not one of them.’ One former teacher pens a letter to Tes as she leaves the profession

In part two of our in-depth look at schools rated ‘inadequate’ (part one last week focused on fixer heads), we investigate what it is like to teach under special measures. One teacher who fell victim to SM likens the ordeal to being stuck in a horror movie in which a lethal virus of negativity destroys professionalism and mental health, and leaves teachers in a zombie-like state from which it is impossible to recover...

Pay attention, school leaders: if you want a team of trusted professionals who feel valued, encouraged and, well, adult, then start treating them like it, writes one teacher-blogger

Teaching supply seemed like a good way for this former teacher to warm up to returning to the profession full-time, but she is already having second thoughts about coming back