Male primary teachers are like giant pandas. I don’t mean big, cuddly and romantically disinclined – although that may be true in some cases. I mean we are an endangered species: rare, exotic and in demand. We are not in demand for improving learning, however. There is no evidence to suggest that children, or even boys, achieve more by virtue of having been taught by a male teacher. Ironically, we are in demand for our nurturing skills.

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