Secondary – One Place News – Breaking News – Local News – News today https://oneplacenews.com "Your Source for Comprehensive and Timely News Coverage" Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:40:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://oneplacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-One-Place-News-100-100-1-32x32.png Secondary – One Place News – Breaking News – Local News – News today https://oneplacenews.com 32 32 Aged 41, I’m back at my secondary school – but this time they’ve let me in the staffroom | Nell Frizzell https://oneplacenews.com/aged-41-im-back-at-my-secondary-school-but-this-time-theyve-let-me-in-the-staffroom-nell-frizzell/ https://oneplacenews.com/aged-41-im-back-at-my-secondary-school-but-this-time-theyve-let-me-in-the-staffroom-nell-frizzell/#respond Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:40:35 +0000 https://oneplacenews.com/aged-41-im-back-at-my-secondary-school-but-this-time-theyve-let-me-in-the-staffroom-nell-frizzell/ I’m one of many creatives turning to teaching mid-career, but that’s no bad thing. I’m thrilled by the prospect

You know those dreams when you’re back at school? And you’re sitting at a desk reading a GCSE exam paper? Only you don’t recognise anyone around you? Well, I am living that dream. Because, at the age of 41, I have gone back to school. And not just any school. I have gone back to my own secondary school. Only this time, I am allowed in the staffroom.

That’s right: a short 25 years after walking out of those concrete and carpeted halls, the smell of polyester jumpers and canteen chips heady on the early summer air, I am back. But now I’m training to be a teacher.

Nell Frizzell is a journalist and author

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