Dear all,
I am a fully qualified and experienced primary teacher. I am thinking of leaving London and relocate to Italy. I read in other forums that the pay, regardless of your teaching experience, is bad. Bad compared to the salary you get in London or bad for the cost of living? I mean, I don't mind earning much less, but I don't want to be poorer; if I earn 40% less but I can afford a flat as good as the one I have in London and can save the same amount of money it is fine. Here in London I am already earning almost £2200 per month and my wife (a teacher in a secondary school) much more than me. With this pay , having a little son, we don't have a Luxury life and live in a small flat. However, we don't have any financial concerns. The worst thing is the insane workload: that is really putting me off. I hear that if I was teaching in Italy I would not be working from 7am till 7 pm . I even work a few hours on weekends and when I am on holiday there's work to do, too. I grew up in Italy and I miss certain aspects of the “Italian life style'. Most of my family lives there. Thank you in advance for your help.
Daniel