I will stick things out teaching in the UK and hope things work out. I really feel sorry for any genuine people out there given the kind of people the job seems to have attracted.

Teach in the UK, or teach in China? Doing so in the public sector in China is a walk in the psrk. I'd never ever return to the UK to teach - it's a mug's game, I'd be used and abused by being underpaid and overworked by my employer, while being maligned by young ignoramuses and their equally stupid parents. Teach in the UK? that's a bar steward of a nightmare that doesn't bear thinking about!!