Home Quote of the week;Opinion Quote of the week;Opinion 29th January 1999, 12:00am Peter Mortimore Share Quote of the week;Opinion https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/quote-weekopinion-1 Copy Link ‘Performance-related pay is the wrong answer to the wrong question’ Peter Mortimore, director of the Institute of Education, University of London at the Guardian debate on modernising the teaching profession Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Keep reading for just £1 per month You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more Flexibility is key to success;Opinion;Platform Peter Mortimore • 24th September 1999 Energy field;Book of the week Peter Mortimore • 22nd January 1999 Don’t shoot the researcher;Briefing;School Management;Books Peter Mortimore • 20th November 1998 Coming in from the cold Peter Mortimore • 23rd October 1998 Recent Most read Most shared Nearly 4 in 10 heads have raised cash for building repairs News 29 April 2024 Sats: How to use arrays to develop multiplicative understanding Teaching & Learning 28 April 2024 How stand-up comedy classes gave a new insight into learning and teaching Teaching & Learning 28 April 2024 Teacher levelling-up payments: all you need to know News 25 April 2024 Why every school should (not) use setting Teaching & Learning 24 April 2024 Keegan: I’ll look at how we can fund teacher pay rise News 24 April 2024 One-word Ofsted judgements work for no one but the DfE Analysis 25 April 2024 How to ensure children are emotionally ready for school Teaching & Learning 25 April 2024 Heads: DfE failure to scrap Ofsted grades ‘deeply disappointing’ News 25 April 2024