Bye Teaching

This week we’re chatting to freelance proofreader, Melanie Cotton. Melanie taught French and Spanish during a 25-year career in the same secondary school before retraining as a proofreader and leavin…

Today we are joined by Caroline Bowmer, who left a 15 year career in science teaching in 2019 to start her own business, Alchemy Education, an online education company. 

Caroline and her team use a tr…

This week, I talk to Victoria Doxat. Victoria is a thought leadership consultant and ghostwriter who left a 17 year teaching career this year to focus entirely on her business. She works with corpora…

Today I catch up with Jenny Sharp. Jenny is a career coach who left a career as a computing teacher shortly after the pandemic to retrain as a life and business coach. 

She now enjoys a multi-faceted,…

Kicking off a brand new series is an interview with James Ball. 

James spent twenty years as a history teacher, head of history and head of humanities in schools in the West Midlands. 

He has been writ…

This week I catch up with Jo Millet. 

Jo is an ex head of department and former history and politics teacher from London. She joined teaching through Teach First, then spent 8 years in both state and …

This week I’m chatting to an ex colleague of mine, Helen Hill. 

Helen is the founder of UnlikelyGenius™️ and co-founder of Be The Future. She is an all-around creative, providing writing, design & ill…

This week I catch up with Kerry Quinn. Kerry is a social media strategist and content creator who left a 14-year teaching career to start her own business, The Teacher Marketer. 

Listen in to find out…

This week I talk to Inés Ivorra Harrison. Inés is a content writer for education and EdTech.

She left a 11 year career in teaching ESL and FLE in January 2024. She now works mainly with educational a…

It’s series two of the Bye Teaching Podcast and today I talk with ex primary teacher Molly Scanlan. 

Molly left teaching in 2020 and now creates sustainable websites for social enterprises and other n…

Just a quick update on what's coming up for series two of the Bye Teaching podcast.

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Today I talk to Peta O’Brien-Day. Peta is a brand messaging strategist and conversion copywriter who works with socially conscious brands, helping them weave their values into their messaging – witho…

Amber knew that she wanted to leave teaching really early on. In fact, she was still training when she had the realisation that this career just wasn’t for her.

People told her that she’d regret it if…

This week I caught up with travel consultant and part-time primary school teacher, Alison Rose. She started her business, Alsion Loves Travel in 2023 as a side project. And she has a five year plan t…

Ever dreamt of starting your own business but dismissed it as a possibility because you wouldn’t know where to start?

That was me back when I was a teacher. 

I looked at people who were freelancers and…

The first of many interview episodes… This week I talk to Katharine Matthews.

Katharine is a generalist freelance copywriter and content writer who left a 15 year career in English teaching during th…

Desperate to leave teaching but don't know what else you can do? Teachers have a tendency to underestimate their skills. There are tons of things you're already doing that would be super valuable in …

Worried about having to take a pay cut if you leave teaching? I was too. Now I out earn my old teaching salary every month. 

BUT I did initially take a pay cut. I wish I’d known then what I know now. 

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Want to know the 3 biggest fears teachers have when they think about leaving teaching? Then today’s episode is for you. 

I’ve talked to hundreds of burnt-out teachers who are desperate to get out. And…

Are you a burnt-out teacher desperate to get out? Do you dream of leaving, teaching and doing something else? Maybe working from home, or starting your own business? 

In 2016 I was exactly where you a…