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Would you recommend teaching?

More than half of teachers in England have said that they would not recommend teaching as a career choice. Darryl Mydat looks at the issues that are troubling the profession.

When TLTP Education conducted its recent Barometer of the Teaching Industry, it is fair to say that we expected a degree of negativity about the state of the teaching profession. 

It is equally fair to say, however, that the depth of that negativity took us somewhat by surprise. And it was for that reason that we chose to dig deeper into the reasons behind the apparent disaffection to uncover what teachers felt were the key issues that needed to be resolved in order to transform the situation.

Of the 1,000 teachers that we spoke to, 58 per cent said they were more concerned about their job prospects than they were a year ago, only 11 per cent were less concerned, while 31 per cent said their levels of concern were about the same as a year ago. 

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