F3WMB
I wouldn't mind being a Physics teacher. I have A level Physics and a MSc in EW, but even with a £25k scholarship it still doesn't pay enough until I become a leader in the school (start on about £22k and after "a few years" between £38k - £58k or even £65k in London). If I compare that to the deal I could get outside with a Defence Company or what I get in the mob (Regular or FTRS), then this is the deal breaker. I could earn over £90k tax free if I wanted to go and work abroad in a similar field.
So, the Govt are in 'dreamland' when they think this will recruit and retain good physics teachers and the good ones they do recruit 'wake up and smell the coffee' to leave as part of the 40% that go.
Sadly, it is all part of the 'you can't possibly earn that as a public servant' brigade and then we wonder why we get the dross running our Councils that, quite simply, I wouldn't employ to clean my household toilet.
iRaven