Home Archived Quote of the week Back Quote of the week 7th August 1998, 1:00am Estelle Morris Share Quote of the week https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/quote-week-72 Copy Link ‘I did not do very well at school. I failed my A-levels and wasn’t able to go to university, so I went to teacher training college instead’ Estelle Morris, who has taken over from Stephen Byers as school standards minister. 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 Change is inevitable; low morale is not Estelle Morris • 25th May 2012 Viva the Victorians and their far-sighted vision Estelle Morris • 17th September 2010 Released to do the job Estelle Morris • 10th May 2002 ‘Para-teachers’ to the rescue Estelle Morris • 23rd November 2001 Recent Most read Most shared NEU: Teachers back strike action in indicative ballot News 29 March 2024 Why ‘business as usual in schools’ is not possible as cuts bite Analysis 29 March 2024 NASUWT: Teachers are facing ‘dystopian’ stress levels News 29 March 2024 Trusts named to run 30 new special free schools News 26 March 2024 Teacher pay falls by more than public sector as a whole News 26 March 2024 ‘Unexplained’ school moves spark call for transparency News 27 March 2024 Pupil premium allocation details delayed News 27 March 2024 ‘Unexplained’ school moves spark call for transparency News 27 March 2024 Special schools do an ‘amazing job’, so what can we learn from them? Analysis 27 March 2024