Morale (Hansard, 8 May 1990)

§ 27. Mr. Hind
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the morale of teachers in public sector schools.

§ Mr. Speller
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he will take to improve teachers' morale.

§ Mr. Knapman
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement about the morale of teachers and pupils in(a) grant-maintained schools and (b) local authority schools.

§ Mrs. Rumbold
The interim advisory committee on school teachers' pay and conditions foresees substantial gains in the self-confidence of teachers as the Government's education reforms are successfully introduced. The recommendations of the committee should significantly increase the attractiveness of teaching as a profession. My right hon. Friend announced on 5 April that he had decided to accept all the committee's recommendations, subject to some minor modifications. They will be implemented in full by 1 January 1991.