If bringing up the next generation is important, why aren't they the best qualified, the best paid? Why aren't we as concerned about their career progression as we are about those who work in the education or health services?

I was head of the Sixth Form Centre when I left the school.

By creating useful job descriptions and making clear what qualifications should be expected, the Department aims to help improve schools' ability to recruit the right people.

The need for improved technical support in schools has expanded as the Government and schools have increased their investment in information and communications technologies.

Headteachers and governing bodies run schools and that won't change.

I want to give producers more financial security.

In the 21st century when few of us stay in the same job all our lives, I would like to think there was flexibility so teachers could become social workers, or foster carers become teachers.