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BEING made redundant from a national educational charity in 2014 was a monumental change in lifestyle for me.
After six years of teaching in mainstream and a career in the third sector spanning 15 years, I was suddenly at the bottom again. I went from boardroom to teacher supply agency in 24 hours flat.
In 2014 I received work from a small agency in Newcastle almost immediately, and with a daily rate of £160, things didn’t seem so bad.
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