Yo be fair to Vegas Seagull it's the last sentence of my post he's objecting to - he's taking it to mean that the most experienced teachers will be the best ones - rather than my suggestion that they'll go for the biggest money savers. It's a fair comment too - there are plenty of great young...
Who are these people, and what are the tax payer funded courses that are still available to them. Genuine question, from a father of two teenagers with £60k of tuition fees ahead of them.
That's a very naive viewpoint, if you honestly believe that the decisions on who to re-employ will be based purely on merit, rather than which ones will save the most money. The most experienced teachers will be the ones on the highest pay scales...