Ready For Change?

Thinking about leaving teaching — but not sure how to do it, or whether you should?

Teaching is meant to be a meaningful, absorbing and hugely rewarding job… but many teachers are feeling exhausted, boxed in, and wondering whether the skills they’ve built in the classroom could ever translate into a different career.

If you’re feeling that perhaps you’ve had enough, or at a crossroads thinking about whether to stay, this practical and reflective guide – publishing in October 2026 will be for you.

Written by a former teacher with more than twenty years’ experience in South East London schools, and now working for a research institute specialising in career transitions, this sensitive and informed book will help you look before you leap.

Its goal isn’t to get every teacher out of teaching. It also offers thoughts on how you could make changes to enable you to stay, and why – in a rapidly-changing labour market with so many jobs at risk from automation – it might be good to try to do this.

But for those who – having worked through the guided reflections – do decide it is right to move on, here is a clear, evidence-informed route to career change.

Practical guidance for leaving teaching and choosing your next career move.

Resources to help you stay in education while working with greater confidence and balance.

Friendly events and workshops for honest conversations, useful tools and fresh direction.