From 1940 to 1948 Dormand worked as a teacher in the coal mining community of Easington, teaching at Hordern Modern School and his old school, now renamed Wellfield A.J. Dawson Grammar School.
Von 1940 bis 1948 arbeitete Dormand als Lehrer in der Bergbaugemeinde Easington und unterrichtete an der Hordern Modern School sowie an seiner alten Schule, die nun Wellfield A.J. Dawson Grammar School hieß.