A teaching recruitment drive has been launched across Buckinghamshire, the county council has announced.

Bucks County Council hopes to fill more than 100 teaching roles after it was revealed Bucks schools will receive around £10 million extra per year - with 85 per cent of schools in the county gaining extra funding.

The announcement follows “wrong” union claims that the number of teachers in the county could fall, according to BCC.

A new website has been created which includes the stories of teachers who moved into the classroom following a variety of careers, including banking, journalism, and tourism

Former investment banker, Nicola Monteiro, who swapped investment banking in Australia for maths teaching at Wycombe High School, in Marlow Road, said: “I worked in a career that was very lucrative and a lot of people wonder why on earth I would want to leave.

“But no matter what you’re getting paid, it doesn't really matter. To me if I’m bored, forget it. If I'm engaged and not bored that to me is a good day. And I’m never bored in this job, never once.”

Trainee science teacher at Holmer Green Senior School, Danielle Clarke, added: “Teenagers are interesting. You get a lot of characters - some of them are lovely, some of them want a bit of laugh, some of them need a lot of help. And they’re impressionable, I think it’s a nice age to want to influence.”

The website also has information on the different routes into teaching and the financial support available – with bursaries up to £25,000 on offer.

Education chief at BCC, Zahir Mohammed, said: “The NUT and ATL’s recent suggestion that funding cuts could mean a reduction in the number of Buckinghamshire’s teachers was based on wrong assumptions and as this new recruitment drive shows, it couldn’t be further from the truth.

“Buckinghamshire is investing in its teachers to ensure schools in the county remain amongst the best in the country.

“I’d encourage anyone interested in teaching in Buckinghamshire to take a look at this user-friendly website, where there’s a wealth of information on career paths into teaching, videos featuring new teachers, and of course all the details of job vacancies in the county.”

For more information visit http://jobs.buckscc.gov.uk/teach-bucks/