One in three teachers in Merseyside plan to quit the classroom

There are fears around a third of teachers in Merseyside could walk away from the classroom in the next five years because of disruption caused by the pandemic.

According to a recent poll many feel respect for the profession is getting worse, and new ways of working because of Covid are putting them under more pressure.

It comes as remote schools report record numbers of applications, as many look to switch to online teaching instead.

Emily Peters is a teacher from St Helens she says it's hard to keep it together sometimes when things kick off in class :

"There's a feeling of powerlessness, once I got in between them I just assumed the fight would stop. When it didn't I just thought well what can I do now?

"It reached a point where I thought I don't know what to do next".

"Teachers are passionate about their subject and they want to help young people. They aren't there to babysit.

"We should be ensuring our pupils make progress that they are learning, first and foremost that's what school is about at the end of the day but we are finding that learning sometimes comes second and classroom management is coming first".