GROUP 1: AUTHORITY FIGURES Possible interviewees: principal, office staff, teachers Questions: -What are procedures and protocols during a fire drill?
Every other week someone is on strike – the train drivers, the taxi drivers, the airport staff, teachers, students.
"It is us, here in this hall today, education professionals, support staff, teachers, lecturers and school leaders who raise standards of education for all.
In October, the Public Services Forum PSFF) agreed a deal that protected the existing pension benefits and current retirement age of 60 in schemes covering NHS staff, teachers and civil servants.
The 30 staff – teachers, mentors, security patrols – stand solidly, patiently, as bulwarks against the waves of self-destruction unleashed by their unhappy charges.
"I worked as a teaching assistant, I asked staff, teachers, other parents and not one person thought it sounded dangerous," she says.
Responding to the issues raised, a spokesman for the Academy Transformation Trust said: "Restaurant expenses were related to events for staff, teachers and principals and not personal use.
Whichever models are used, they must give greater priority to the professional development needs of staff – teachers need more support with how to improve.
More than 260 suspected paedophiles have been charged since the start of a major operation targeting people who access child abuse images online – and police staff, teachers and civil servants are among them.
Tim Dedman, a senior policy analyst with the National Education Association, which represents teachers, said that hiring outside instructors "sets up an unfair playing field" when staff teachers are required to have special training.
