This book provides general coverage of the primary school teaching profession, giving specific treatment of all the major issues, including teacher competences, assessment, partnership with schools and classroom management. This text focuses on the key core areas of English, mathematics and science, while a whole chapter is given to every foundation subject. The book is completely up-to-date with the revised National Curriculum. It is designed as a student textbook, but is also accessible to the general reader, since its approach is direct and practical, with straightforward illustrations and examples.