The useful thing is, as a
post long relationship
returner to the Dating World, or, as my sister would have it, an Ancient Teenager, my Pretend Daughters and I, have a lot in common and swap love and horror stories on a regular basis.
It says about half tend to be
returners to the profession or those new to the state sector - ie those from private schools, abroad or trained teachers, who have never taken up a teaching
post before.