A music teacher has penned an emotional letter after he quit his job.

The secondary teacher from Bristol said funding cuts to education forced him to leave and “instant result culture" which was “driven by data” left many head teachers facing the sack.

Having spent the last five years in education, the teacher of a well-known school in the area said he would not be returning to teach.

Here is his letter:

“Goodbye to education.

“I have been a teacher for five years. in that time I have worked at three schools, I have worked for nine head teachers, seen the arts get sidelined and squeezed and unimaginable cuts.

“The education system is broken.

“Of the nine head teachers I have worked for, some were more suited to the role than others, but all of them were passionate about education.

“However, there is an instant result culture, driven by data in education. This is similar to football managers with head teachers being forced out and not given time to succeed.

“I feel very scared for the arts. They have been continually sidelined and under supported.

“Senior Leadership Team members push students into humanities and languages rather than follow their passion in the arts.

“Again this is because of data and league tables; there is no consideration for what the student wants or needs.

“Education is about offering a wide range of subjects, this will not happen with schools cutting the arts.

“They want the good PR of a Christmas concert or a musical, well, they need to support to arts to make it happen.

“The academy system does not work, it allows for people in governance to: misuse public funds, provide poor governance and be corrupt, all things I have experienced.

“This is because there is not enough accountability for academies, schools need to be brought back under local authority.

“Schools should not be run as a business with students being called "stakeholders", a phrase that makes me want to jump under the bus.

“Not all schools have had the poor financial management of my school.

“But all schools are being forced into debt by the systematic underfunding of the education system by the Tory government.

“Schools are not replacing leaving staff and making redundancies, which has resulted in bigger class sizes and a poorer education experience for the students.

“I am leaving for my own personal reasons, but I am leaving an education system I feel so passionately about.

“There must be a huge overhaul of the education.

“We need to turn our back on the data gulag system as personal development cannot be measured in numbers.

“We ultimately need to get the Tories out to help save our schools.

“I wish everyone who is in education good luck, I think you're going to need it.”

Letter reproduced in full, with permission from the author.