Teaching has always had quite a high outflow. More than half of people with qualified teacher status in England and Wales don’t teach. Most people can’t do it.

Teaching has always had quite a high outflow. More than half of people with qualified teacher status in England and Wales don’t teach. Most people can’t do it. Of those who can plenty decide they can’t do it any more. Long holidays and a fantastic pension aren’t worth a job you hate. I doubt South Africa is worse than the U.K. The Guardian’s Secret Teacher is awful. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/the-secret-teacher https://www.theguardian.com/profile/the-secret-teacher