INTO move welcome

IN the wake of the horrific murders of 10-year-old schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, the backing given

However, concerned parents will find it perplexing that the INTO is opposed to extending the new arrangement to cover existing teachers because they have already been interviewed and their references checked.

Admittedly, from a practical viewpoint, the idea of conducting a full-scale survey of the country’s 22,000 national teachers would pose major logistical problems.