Nadiya Hussain Quits Teaching for Health Reasons

winner Nadiya Hussain has had to give up her teaching job at a primary school' because it 'played havoc with her health', she has revealed.

Nadiya, 41, who won the coveted title in 2015, looked for other avenues of work after her cookery show was axed by bosses last year.

In a recent interview she revealed she had found a job as a teaching assistant at a local primary school.

But just weeks after starting the position she had to quit and made the heart-breaking revelation on her Instagram in an emotional post.

Wiping away tears, she said: 'Hi guys, giving you a life update that you didn't ask for but you are going to get anyway.

'So, as you guys know when the BBC cancelled my show, I was kind of at a crossroads, I wasn't sure where I was going, what I wanted to do.

'I had loads of options, I toyed with lots of options, open a business I could do a pop-up restaurant or kitchen, none of which appealed to me at the time.

'I'm still obviously publishing books, cookbooks which I will always love but I kind of reluctantly, you know I was scared, really scared to apply for jobs.'

Revealing how she was drawn to working in a school she continued: 'I've always wanted to work with children in younger years as a teaching assistant and I applied for a few jobs, which in itself was difficult for lots or reasons.

'I applied and got a job as a TA at a primary school and I've got to say, apart from raising my own children, it was one of the best jobs I've ever done.

'I loved every second of waking up in the morning with a spring in my step for these beautiful children. I just loved every second of doing that job.

'But unfortunately doing a job like that as somebody with a weakened immune system it just played havoc with my health.'

Nadiya, who suffers with fibromyalgia, explained: 'As you know anyone who works in a school setting there are lots of coughs and colds bugs and I just couldn't get better

'So, I was sick all the time and it got to the point where it was affecting my mental health and I just wasn't performing, giving my best because I was always sick.

'I had to make a really tough decision, one of the toughest I've ever had to make was stepping away from that job.

'I was there for a little over three months and loved every single second of it and more than anything I just loved seeing the children grow.

'It made me realise that there are certain sectors I would like to work in and so it's just focused me in some ways because I know what areas I would like to work in.

'But unfortunately with a weakened immune system working as a TA in a primary school was just proving impossible and it was one of the hardest decisions I had to make to step away for it.