More recent polls, for the Times Educational Supplement, suggested that teachers' support swung dramatically to Labour in 1997.

BBC: Chasing the teachers' vote

Earlier this month letters between another exam board, Edexcel and the regulator Ofqual, were leaked to the Times Educational Supplement.

BBC: English GCSE: Senior exam board figure quits AQA

The Times Educational Supplement (TES) reports that since last year, 132 ex-servicemen and women have been accepted on teacher training courses.

BBC: Military in schools projects get ?2m boost

The new poll on schools' attitudes was carried out by The Times Educational Supplement and the Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research.

BBC: Delay as language learning dwindles