After ten years the Department of Education has introduced new powers to discipline underperforming teachers. These [broken link removed] are standardised across all types of schools. If they go ahead as planned it should go a long way to addressing one of the biggest criticisms levelled at teachers and repair much of the damage that has been done to their standing in the eyes of the general public over the last 5 years.
As is to be expected the teaching unions are expressing their "concern" about the new powers but I hope that the profession as a whole has the strength of character to do the right thing and not let the bearded brethren of the INTO etc continue to set the bar at the lowest common denominator.
As is to be expected the teaching unions are expressing their "concern" about the new powers but I hope that the profession as a whole has the strength of character to do the right thing and not let the bearded brethren of the INTO etc continue to set the bar at the lowest common denominator.