Oliver Parkes

MEN PREFER WORKING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

The proportion of men in postgraduate routes for primary teaching has increased since 1998 (see table above) from 14 to 17 per cent. In contrast, the proportion of men training to be secondary teachers has dropped by eight percentage points.

According to The Good Teacher Training Guide 2015 also found the top three training providers were school-based. The guide was produced by Alan Smithers and Mandy-Diana Coughlan from the Centre for Education and Employment Research (CEER),

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STATE SCHOOLS TO BE TURNED INTO ACADEMIES

In a post by John Dickens: “A swell of uprising is growing against the government’s plan to turn all schools into academies with petitions reaching more than 100,000 signatures and demonstrators hitting the streets.A series of rallies are also being held across the country. That includes a “Hands off our Schools” demonstration organised by the National Union of Teachers which is due to take place outside the Department for Education’s London offices on Wednesday”.

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