u/Frequent-Papaya-8181

More of a rant than anything else, independent school so no union to be spoken of.

I work in a school that is all the way through from reception to Y11, but I work solely in the secondary. As our Y11s finished a few weeks ago, I was looking forward to my gained time to get caught up with everything, only to find I haven’t had one Y11 lesson free because I’ve been covering in primary! It’s been a nightmare with behaviour too because I barely know the kids so they don’t listen to me.

Has anyone else dealt with similar? No idea if this is just what happens and you always get pulled or if it’s specifically my school. Thanks!

I’m an English teacher and every year I do a list of recommendations to read over summer. A lot of my pupils have shown an interest in horror and the gothic, just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for pupils aged 11-16 (I do have a 14+ category too)!