There are, as we well know, lies, damned lies and statistics – and the latest grim statistics concerning teachers are pretty big fibs. As any fule – and Nicky Morgan know – “the education system is in much better shape than it was five years ago – the evidence speaks for itself”, says she.
Indeed. Absolutely. So why are we fed such gloomy statistics by whingeing unions, pinko liberals, and the pernickety National Audit Office? It is surely time to refute them.
A Guardian survey finds that 98 per cent of teachers are under increasing “pressure”. What a nebulous term! We are all under pressure. Man up! And what about the other two per cent getting on with it quietly? The survey reveals that 82 per cent of teachers find workload “unmanageable”.
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