Young women are the best educators

YOUR child is more likely to get a better primary education if their teacher is young or female or if they attend a single-sex or fee-paying school.

A ESRI report found younger teachers are more likely to use more interactive methods in classrooms, such as group or pair work, which they are expected to use in the curriculum.

However, the study of 8,500 nine-year-olds found older “chalk and talk” teaching methods still dominated classrooms, more so among older teachers.