One primary school teacher, who re-located to Australia and saw his pay increase by £14,000, said his mental and physical health are “the best it’s ever been” amid a exodus ofThousands of qualified teachers are leaving the UK to teach abroad, with many heading to Australia or Thailand, as recruitment and retention issues rapidly destabilise the education system.by Sir Michael Wilshaw, the former chief inspector of schools.
Mr Smales worked on a banana farm to secure his visa before returning to his trade as a teacher in Queensland Currently, roughly one in five teachers at international schools, are from the UK, according to the International School Consultancy. This is a 50 per cent increase from the 2014-15 figure. He said: “I started on supply and was earning the most I’d ever earned, and then I got offered a job in one of the schools I was at, no interview, no observation process like the UK, just straight up offered the job.”
Mr Smales said in addition, there was a lot of space and flexibility given to teachers in the name of mental health.
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