Extra bunce for school teachers

As with a lot of people, I think teachers are underpaid ... there always seem to be threats of strike when the pay deals are negotiated with the government, as reported by the Independent, but you step back and have to conclude that the school system seems to be its own worst enemy.

We've got a private tutor at the moment for my daughter on Maths ... 4 hours a week to bring her up to scratch. Have done it on English before as well. And it's not particularly cheap ... and it's not unusual - lots of parents do this.

So why is it that we can't pay the teachers at school to do it? More money for them ... they know the areas where the kids are weak ... and easy 'cos the kids can stay where they are.

Why? Because "that would show favouritism" according to one head teacher ... oh, I thought it would mean that the kids who need it are likely to do better ... that their own staff earn more and that the school would do better in its results.

In this day and age of schools being more responsible for their own budgets,they're really gonna have to learn how to leverage their assets better.