Quote of the week

25th July 2003, 1:00am

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Quote of the week

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‘You are constantly on duty as a teacher. An in-tray full of papers you can put on one side for five minutes, but you can’t do that with a classroom full of children’

Helen Williams, DfES director of primary education, who spent three days at Elsecar Holy Trinity primary, Barnsley

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