'Different path'
"There is a danger, particularly in sciences or maths where the amount of knowledge that has to be absorbed is very great, that two years' training could just be too rushed."
This is why at Phoenix, former NCOs hired from the local community, will take a different path into the classroom.
They will act as teaching assistants, teach remedial basic skills, and will "be totally in charge of PE and sport", as well as managing pastoral care, discipline, team-building and pupil data.