Why make a career change to teaching?

Because changing lanes doesn’t mean starting again. Leadership can become confidence in front of a class. Industry knowledge can bring a subject into the real world. Judgement can help you handle difficult moments. Resilience can help you keep going when teaching gets tough.

Teaching as a second career gives you the chance to keep learning, find renewed direction and make a difference you can see.

Why career changers bring to teaching

Your previous career can give students something different: knowledge of where a subject can lead, perspectives from beyond school and proof that careers rarely follow one straight line.

For schools, experienced professionals bring new skills, knowledge and perspectives into the classroom. For you, retraining to teach can mean a rewarding second career where your experience keeps growing – and starts helping someone else grow too.

From a Year 10 maths student:

Good morning, Sir, I hope you are doing well.

I firstly must thank you for your motivational and powerful words you have spoken to me ever since you have stepped into this school, and I must thank you for giving me opportunities through the school’s careers and top talent programme.

You are the few people who have not limited what I can achieve in life despite my upbringing, and I am very grateful as you have changed my perception and views of what I can now achieve in life.

Thank you.