Quotes from Estelle Morris

Where the private sector, or anyone else, has skills, knowledge and resources that can help to deliver a high quality of education and to raise standards, we should use them.

I know there are things I did in education that will never be reversed. I have not done that in film yet because I have only been here for about nine months.

There is nothing wrong with becoming more ambitious along the way, but I think what the government has asked the council to do is a perfectly good starting point.

It is a very unusual sector and the one thing I would ask of them is to understand that for most of them one-third of their films are being financed by the taxpayer and that carries huge accountability and responsibility.

By creating useful job descriptions and making clear what qualifications should be expected, the Department aims to help improve schools' ability to recruit the right people.

You have got to attract the brightest and the best, but the brightest and best won't stay unless they see real career options.

I am confident that the vast majority of teachers will work with us towards achieving that goal.