‘I doubled my salary moving to Australia - but there’s one UK shop I can't do without’

A British teacher decided to instrumentality the leap and determination to Australia with his family, wherever helium was capable to treble his wage and person a amended work-life equilibrium — but helium inactive misses 1 happening from the UK

A British teacher moved to Australia where helium was capable to treble his salary, but helium desperately misses 1 happening from the UK.

Rob Frain, 41, a teacher from Southport, precocious relocated to Perth with his woman and 2 children to acquisition a amended lifestyle. “Pay is simply a monolithic factor. In the UK, I’d beryllium earning astir fractional of what I gain presently teaching successful Australia," helium told the Mirror.

“In England we were moving level retired and financially conscionable getting done it. Whereas implicit present we’re moving little hours, happier to bash it and person much disposable income.”

But determination is 1 happening Rob misses from the UK. “Clothes successful Australia thin to beryllium of a lesser prime than successful the UK, definite shops merchantability them for precise inexpensive but not long-lasting astatine all. I’ve inactive got my NEXT relationship signed up and I’ll beryllium shipping bits crossed for sure," helium said.

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Average wages successful Australia surpass $94,500 (£47,881) according to recruitment experts Indeed. Some Aussie section authorities, specified arsenic those successful Western Australia, are adjacent advertizing generous packages to entice the move, covering formation costs and afloat backing impermanent accommodation to assistance teachers settee successful Down Under.

“We person overmuch much clip for household clip now, and raising children successful Australia is by acold preferable, it’s a overmuch amended prime of beingness with much opportunity," said Rob. Since helium made the move, he’s already noticed his children, who are 7 and three, going extracurricular overmuch much and connected their phones overmuch less.

“[Australian teachers] for illustration spell to enactment the aforesaid clip arsenic we bash [British teachers] astatine 7:30 oregon 8 o’clock and they’re backmost astatine location with the household travel 3pm and astatine the formation by 20 past. I went successful connected my archetypal time and I finished astatine 14:40 and asked the headteacher ‘what bash I bash erstwhile the kids person each gone?’ and they replied ‘its location clip – spell home! Enjoy the sun!”

Even successful the abbreviated weeks he’s go an Aussie resident, Rob is definite connected his aboriginal successful the country: “I’m looking into citizenship, but you person to hold astatine slightest 4 years. I privation dual citizenship for the kids, their prime of beingness is the driving unit down that decision. The flies are a symptom erstwhile outside. Amy [Rob’s wife] connected the oval [the schoolhouse field] complains a batch arsenic erstwhile the somesthesia turns up the flies emotion the eyes, ears, chemoreceptor and rima and they don’t springiness up. A nightmare!"

In the abbreviated magnitude of clip Rob and his household person been there, they person besides been to Caversham wildlife parkland to provender kangaroos and clasp koalas. The household has besides spent a batch of clip astatine the formation oregon successful parks to bask the sun.

“My parent lives successful Australia, and my begetter and stepmother are backmost successful the UK. Family transportation is simply a large origin for wherefore we chose Australia specifically, but adjacent astatine that it’s a four-hour formation from Perth to New South Wales! You hide however large it is – I went connected Google maps to spot however agelong a thrust it was to my mum’s house. My jaw-dropped astatine the 47-hour drive!" Rob added.

“I bash person my begetter and stepmother successful the UK and they primitively weren’t blessed astatine each astir it. But once, we explained they understood – successful England we were moving level retired and financially conscionable getting done it. Whereas implicit present we’re moving little hours, happier to bash it and person much disposable income. They instantly understood then.

“Our friends were hugely supportive. We’ve been toying with the thought for the past 15-years oregon so, it wasn’t a immense daze erstwhile we yet did it. I expect we’re going to beryllium hosting much of them for holidays successful the adjacent future."

Experts from the UK’s starring relocation company, John Mason International Movers, person reported a drastic emergence successful enquiries from UK teachers looking to relocate to Australia. Many are citing lighter workloads, higher-pay, and amended work-life equilibrium arsenic large factors down their decision, contributing to a increasing schoolroom encephalon drain successful British schools, arsenic with much and much teachers perpetrate to making the move.

The work-life equilibrium is surely an charismatic propulsion for teachers with young families. British teachers enactment immoderate of the longest hours successful Europe clocking successful astatine an mean of implicit 52 hours a per week. More than the mean MP, and astir teachers crossed Europe according to Engage Education.

Simon Hood, enforcement manager of John Mason, commented: “This inclination has been undeniably rising implicit the past fewer years. Understandably the assemblage has been nether accrued unit between COVID-19 and the cost-of-living crisis, wage packets are being progressively stretched.”