Press Release

GTC Chief Executive calls for more incentives for teachers in challenging schools

11 January 2006

Responding to today's report from the National Audit Office on improving poorly performing schools in England, Carol Adams, Chief Executive of the General Teaching Council for England (GTC), says:

"Outstanding head teachers and teachers are the key to transforming poorly performing schools. To attract and keep the best teachers in challenging schools, we need sustained investment in pupils and a package of incentives for teachers.

"These pupils deserve - above all else - talented teachers who stay and who are motivated to become heads."