The Adventures After Teaching Podcast
The Adventures After Teaching Podcast
Latest Episodes
The Grief and the Relief: From Classroom to L&D Adviser
"Two emotions can exist at the same time. The grief can exist with the relief."Bex went into teaching straight out of university with her identity firmly attached to it. Quickly finding the environment ‘all-consuming’ and ‘energ...
"You've Got Your Confidence Back": Life as a Learning Designer
"I don't think I would have been out of teaching by now had I not joined.”After 20 years in the classroom - 13 in secondary and 7 in primary - Steph had reached a point where she was really ready for a change. She felt stuck, an...
Lost, Not Broken: Finding Your Way Out of the Classroom
"I just think you're not trapped. You have options." Kate left teaching after 23 years in the secondary English classroom - not with a plan, but with the certainty that something had to change. Long-term supply work gave he...
Finding Purpose After Burnout: Head of Programmes & Impact
"Once I'd made that decision, I just felt like a weight had been lifted."After 13 years in primary education - taking on the roles of phase leader, assistant head, and eventually acting head - Iain hit a wall. The workload becam...
"All The Stars Aligning": Civil Service Project Support Officer for UEFA Euro 2028
"I feel like a nicer partner, a nicer mum, a better friend." After 17 years teaching PE at the same school, Lucy had begun to feel the weight of an environment she describes as an "exams factory" - constantly performing, ...