Special Educational Needs Teacher Reviews

I qualified as a teacher in 1971, from Teacher Training College. I don't have a degree. In those days you didn't need a degree to become a teacher. The option to take a B.Ed was only just becoming available, but most people tended to study for this whilst "on the job". I had my teaching certificate, so did not really see the need ...  Read the complete review

I am sick and tired of hearing teachers moan, it is the one thing that the profession do really well! I hear them at it in the press and in the staff room, little wonder there is a shortage of new recruits they've all been put off. I am here to say don't be, the job is tough but the rewards are wonderful too! I qualified four ...  Read the complete review

Having graduated as a music teacher, I was expected, like the rest of my year, to start teaching in a mainstream secondary school, perhaps with some time in the mainstream primary sector. Out of the blue, and to my delight, I was offered a job at a school for children with complex and profound learning difficulties, teaching drama and ...  Read the complete review