1980 Oldershaw School
The Good Years
- P.E teacher full time / part English
- Head of Girls P.E.
- ACL knee injury
- Assistant Head of Year
- Head of Year 9 /10/ 11
- PSHE /Lifeskills teacher
The Stressful Years
- Acting Senior Teacher Upper School
- Advisory Teacher Wirral Education Authority PSHE &Management of Drug Related Incidents x 2 years
- Head of year 8 split site
- Gp teaching sick note stress & depression / December 2000 / after poor School Ofsted & new Head teacher
- increasing work stress & inability to cope with pressure / stepped down from Head of Year management responsibilities
- Head of Alternative Curriculum year 10 & 11 pupils = photography & powerpoint vision
The Sad Decline
- manic psychosis episode / voluntary admission to Clatterbridge Hospital psychiatric ward x5 weeks July – August / return to school September/
- unable to cope / GP signed off stress & depression
- referred to LEA Occupational Therapy = phased return with no responsibility & reduced teaching timetable
- Excellent Ofsted report
- Not awarded Threshold £ payment due to poor attendance record
- severe clinical depression / long term x 6 month sick leave
- ill health early retirement 2004 aged 47 years after x25 years service
- severe depression / suicidal thoughts
- diagnosed bipolar 2008