On 14/11/2012 07:13, harry wrote:
On Nov 13, 7:22 pm, "dennis@home"
wrote:
On 13/11/2012 15:24, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:









In article ,
Roland Perry wrote:
In message m, at
14:20:54 on Tue, 13 Nov 2012, "dennis@home"
remarked:
My brother taught all his life, and was poorly paid for a job which
required those sort of qualifications. The compensation for that poor
pay was a half decent pension.

He wasn't poorly paid, some of his pay was his pension.

And teachers aren't poorly paid anyway. From education.gov.uk:

"At £23,010, the average starting salary in teaching is high
compared to the average graduate starting salary. Experienced
teachers can earn up to £64,000 in London and £56,000 outside
London, while head teachers can reach a salary of between
£42,379 and £112,000."

That is now. He was poorly paid throughout most of his working life. And
teachers' pensions will be very different in the future anyway.

BTW, just how many teachers do you think become head teachers?

I would say too many.
Why do they have to be teachers to manage a school in the first place?

Having none experts managing specialist orgamisations is a recipe for
disaster.

I'm not sure about that. At one specialist company I worked for, I
reported to a Director. He had no technical qualifications and no
technical experience in the business. He was the best "manager" I have
ever had!

Worst of al is to get a bean counter in.

Agreed.

SteveW