When you heard about the South London primary school teacher who earned £274,000 last year, what did you think?
Were you outraged? Did you think that was a fortune for running a school? Or maybe you thought he is worth every penny? If you have children you will no doubt spend a lot of time commenting on their education and if you have children in the state system, as I do, you will be very opinionated about the quality of the school and their teachers. Education, like health, has become an incredibly political issue – much as pensions are becoming. Of course to be fair to the head, Mark Elms, his basic pay is £83,000 – still not bad for a teacher you might say. The rest of his money came i...
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