Home ‘I was a burnt-out teacher: here’s my story’ ‘I was a burnt-out teacher: here’s my story’ Speaking at LKMCo and Tes’s Canaries in the Mine debate last week, former teacher Eleanor Bernardes tells her story 28th March 2019, 4:56pm Ed Dorrell Share ‘I was a burnt-out teacher: here’s my story’ https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/i-was-burnt-out-teacher-heres-my-story Copy Link Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Keep reading for just £1 per month You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more ‘Sir Tim Brighouse loved, cherished and respected teachers’ Ed Dorrell • 18th December 2023 Through turbulent times, the Tes newsroom thrives Ed Dorrell • 20th May 2020 Taped-off playgrounds leave a hole in our communities Ed Dorrell • 12th April 2020 Out of this crisis, teachers could be reborn Ed Dorrell • 3rd April 2020 Recent Most read Most shared Michael Fullan: For reform to succeed, ‘turn the system on its head’ Analysis 8 November 2024 Sign up to the Tes magazine newsletters News 8 November 2024 Regional support and intervention teams: 3 things we can’t forget Analysis 8 November 2024 SEND: Phillipson announces plans to boost inclusion in mainstream News 7 November 2024 Biggest pressure facing teachers is lack of respect, says Starmer News 6 November 2024 Teacher pay scales 2024-25: what will your salary look like? Analysis 29 July 2024 Biggest pressure facing teachers is lack of respect, says Starmer News 6 November 2024 SEND: Phillipson announces plans to boost inclusion in mainstream News 7 November 2024 The struggle to spot (and develop) effective teachers Teaching & Learning 6 November 2024