Three of six Grammar teachers can stay

THREE out of six Grammar School teachers whose housing licences were about to expire have won their battle to stay in the island.

The A-level teachers' five-year licences were due to end at the end of the summer term.

But after a sustained campaign by students, who organised a Facebook group called Save Teachers, Change Housing Law, half of them have been given an extension.

Grammar School head Jeff Smith (pictured) said three was better than none at all.

'We had three who have been granted extensions, one in maths who was granted a 15-year licence,' he said. 'A physics teacher has been given a two-year extension, taking his to a seven-year licence. It is difficult to get physics teachers.'

The third was the head of photography, who, Mr Smith said, should have been given a 15-year licence from the start.

The school was still losing teachers of English, religious studies and history, said Mr Smith.

'We have excellent teachers and now we don't know who will be their replacements. It's a bit of a gamble.'

'I'm going to be recruiting from the UK. There is not a history teacher in the island waiting for a job,' he said.