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There are calls for more men to get into teaching, as research shows around a quarter of state-funded schools in England don't have a male classroom teacher.

Some experts argue that it means young people could miss out on having male role models, but others say it's the quality of the teacher that is important - not their gender.

Seb Baxter has been teaching at the Guru Nanak Sikh Academy for five years, and he's very much a minority amongst his female colleagues.

The latest figures show England's teaching workforce is consistently and predominantly female - with women making up more than three-quarters of those in the profession.

Research has shown 24.1% of state-funded schools in England do not have a male classroom teacher - and that figure is as high as 29.6% in some regions.

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