24/08/2026
The list:
Don’t cover lessons in your PPA. That time is yours, protect it like your salary depends on it, because it kind of does.
Don’t answer parent emails after 6pm. If it’s urgent, the school has a system for that. It’s not you.
Don’t mark until midnight. Set a cut off time and stop, even if the pile isn’t finished.
Don’t skip lunch to “get ahead.” You’ll never get ahead. You’ll just get burnt out faster.
Don’t take the register home in your head. Leave school at school, at least some days.
Don’t let a bad Ofsted mock cost you a weekend with your own kids.
Don’t say yes to every extra duty because you feel guilty saying no.
Write your list. Stick it on your fridge. Read it every Sunday night. Because the job will take everything you let it, and nobody else is going to draw the line for you.
if you can’t bear the thought of living the same year on repeat drop me a DM saying kid coach and I’ll show you how I left education system to life coach children 12 years ago.