Proposal seeks to draw top students in England into teaching
Sixth-formers should be given a chance to try out teaching, to encourage the brightest into the profession after they finish university, say MPs.
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Sixth-formers should be given a chance to try out teaching, to encourage the brightest into the profession after they finish university, say MPs.
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