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NQT special: Tips to handle the pressures of NQT life

NQTs
'Fran' is a typical NQT, whose story has been compiled by the Teacher Support Network based on the calls it receives from teachers across the country. Julian Stanley offers some advice and pointers to help NQTs and young teachers tackle the most common pr

I want to tell you about Fran. Fran is not real. We made her up from the data we have from our Support Line. We have to, to protect identities, but her story is very true. Perhaps you will recognise her. Maybe she reminds you of a colleague. She might even be a lot like you. For Fran represents one of the highest groups of teachers who contact Teacher Support Network’s Support Line: Fran is an NQT.

Fran is a woman. She is White and she has no disabilities. She is somewhere between 26 and 35-years-old and, naturally as an NQT, has only been in teaching for one to five years. She is likely to work at a state academy and earns between £15,000 and £16,000 a year.

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