The Pit Pony Podcast - Life After Teaching

Sharon Cawley and Sarah Dunwood

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The Pit Pony Podcast - Life After Teaching

Episodes (85)

Dec 23, 2025 087 - Danielle Crossland - Classroom to Bookkeeper
Dec 16, 2025 086 - David Fountain - Classroom To Consultant
Dec 9, 2025 085 - Elaine Mackechnie - Classroom to Maths Tutor & Course Creator

The Pit Pony Podcast - Life After Teaching

Dec 23, 2025
1 hours
46 MB

In this episode, Sharon and Sarah are joined by Danielle Crossland, a former secondary maths teacher whose story offers a refreshingly different perspective on leaving the classroom. Danielle taught for ten years after starting her career in 2012, working in both high schools and sixth-form colleges. Teaching was something she was good at, something she enjoyed at times - but it was never her vocation. And crucially, she knew that early on. In this honest and wide-ranging conversation, Danielle talks about recognising her limits, refusing to tie her identity or self-worth to a job...

The Pit Pony Podcast - Life After Teaching

087 - Danielle Crossland - Classroom to Bookkeeper

Sharon Cawley and Sarah Dunwood

00:00 -01:06:53