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 What is the future of school inspection in Scotland? Analysis 26 April 2024 Why more schools are turning to T levels - and what’s stopping others Analysis 26 April 2024 DfE finds 9K more pupil places in shortfall schools News 26 April 2024 Why every school should (not) use setting Teaching & Learning 24 April 2024 Fitness to teach cases in Scotland hit 10-year high News 23 April 2024 Cut summer break ‘to rescue Covid generation GCSEs’ News 24 April 2024 Poor mental health ‘fuelling’ absence crisis, DfE told News 24 April 2024 Why every school should (not) use setting Teaching & Learning 24 April 2024 Cut summer break ‘to rescue Covid generation GCSEs’ News 24 April 2024