Private school teachers tend to have advanced degrees in their subject areas, and often have extensive professional backgrounds in their teaching subjects.
Overall, public and
private school teachers tend to come from different racial / ethnic backgrounds, have different qualifications, and be compensated differently.
Since
the private school teachers tend to have a year or so more formal education than free schools provided by NGOs, there is some community perception that they are better, although this may not be the case at all, he notes.
It comes from Ingersoll's report, and it shows the percentage of teachers who are age 50 or older (the chart includes public and private teachers, but
private school teachers tend to be much younger, so a similar chart for public school teachers only would likely be even higher).
Not exact matches
It says about half
tend to be returners to the profession or those new to the state sector - ie those from
private schools, abroad or trained
teachers, who have never taken up a teaching post before.
Private schools tend to hire
teachers with a bachelor's or master's degree in their subject.