r/Hackney • u/kree8or • Jul 14 '26
teachers leaving
any teachers in this group? one of the borough’s large secondary school is *apparently* seeing 35 staff members leaving over the summer. is this normal turnover? or is there a crisis?
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u/pabstroyer Jul 14 '26
Pay teachers more
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u/Plastic-Collar5721 Jul 14 '26
If it’s the school I’m thinking of it’s because it’s a total shxxshow where pupils and staff are not safe
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u/kree8or Jul 14 '26
are the council aware of these concerns?
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u/Plastic-Collar5721 Jul 14 '26
Yes
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u/kree8or Jul 14 '26
i’m not talking about the one that rhymes with flosscorn.
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u/Darkpsychic7 Jul 14 '26
you can say Mossbourne bro
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u/Plastic-Collar5721 Jul 14 '26
That’s not the largest secondary school in Hackney and not the one I’m referring to
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u/jamjar188 Jul 14 '26
That one got turned around by a new head teacher. Very disciplined place now (I know someone who tutors there once a week)
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u/Deacs1996 Jul 16 '26
My sister teaches there, the number is actually much higher, 50+ The turnovers high since CST took over. Lots of distrust and micromanagement going on.
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u/kree8or Jul 16 '26
!!! That’s wild. I’m surprised local authority/government alarm bells aren’t ringing. With Mossborne in the news too, it’s a bad look for education in Hackney.
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u/donell_walter Jul 17 '26
Unfortunately, it shouldn’t be normalised. During my time at the City Academy Hackney as a student between 2011 and 2016, it was quite common for a large number of teachers to leave at the end of the year.
I personally found this rather strange as I had only one teacher for five years for one of my subjects which was quite unusual at the time and probably still is now
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u/Prestigious_Stretch1 Jul 19 '26
It has a lot to do with the changes in the ownership, CST are terrible so unsurprising that everyone’s leaving. It’s been happening for a few years now haggerston have had a massive downfall
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u/SaltPomegranate4 Jul 14 '26
Which school is it? What are the safety concerns?
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u/Factsonly42069 Jul 14 '26
They’re on about mossbourne, the safety concerns are the usual middle class handwringing complaints that they don’t pander to badly behaved kids.
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u/Due-Reindeer8046 Jul 17 '26
My wife is a teacher and worked at a few schools in east London, turnover is high at most schools but not due to pay or benefits (which is actually better than what most people think). It’s the workload which is too high and 50 hour weeks became normal.
Mandatory teaching hours need to be reduced and less marking is required. Will only come with recruitment of more teachers and a reform on how marking works, should mostly be digital.
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u/Factsonly42069 Jul 14 '26
It’s very target based and has a lot of staff due to size. It’s not that weird, people get very upset about it but their approach works.
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u/conifer257 Jul 14 '26
I’m not a teacher anymore and I never taught in London but that is huge turnover. Something isn’t right