Six films which try to answer the question 'What Makes a Good Teacher?'

"We have to guard against the 'saint and martyrdom' attitude. Some people think that the children are something odd. They took at us as though we're odd as well. You can almost see hearts and flowers appearing round us... We're trying to do a job. We're not set for canonisation."

Tony Jarvis teaches at a Royal National Institute for the Blind school in Shropshire for children who are not only blind, but who have other physical and mental handicaps as well. His attitude to them is refreshingly free from the sentimental pity that often surrounds blind children.