As I have recently been a teacher and lecturer myself for 7 years my grades were average, although teaching in a classroom is not just about a good 2:1 or a first class degree. A head of department has asked me in the past to take over a class from a teacher with a first class degree teaching business with no commercial experience (22 years old). The teacher was experiencing behaviour for learning issues in the classroom and effective learning was not taking place.

Good teachers are people that transfer learning to pupils and build relationships with students they teach towards good grades for many students.

Yes, good degrees help, but they are only part of the solution for good teachers.

Education Tay