England's classrooms need more male teachers, an education charity says, as government figures show a continued gender gap in the profession.
Classrooms are a microcosm of society. In our schools, children learn the stories they will tell themselves for the rest of their lives, stories formed from the material they have around them. 
An early childcare researcher is calling on the Government to do more to address a lack of men in pre-school teaching.
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"For far too long we've had an upside down education system – with all the emphasis on the importance of GCSE, A Level and university," explains Jay Ramsey, 40, a nursery teacher at St Werburgh's Park School in Bristol. "But research shows that the influence of a good quality nursery environment continues to be felt right through to GCSEs and A Levels – and these benefits can even be measured economically."
A teacher training college in the city of Bozhou, east China's Anhui Province, recently released a report which shows that almost 90 percent of its students are female, suggesting that few men are choosing to enter the profession nowadays.
Working as an early childhood teacher is not only a satisfying job but an important one too, says Phillip Ozzane.
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