REDCAR and Cleveland Borough Council's third Return to Teaching course is being hailed as a success.

The course ends tomorrow with a certificate presentation by director of education Jenny Lewis, at Guisborough Education Development Centre.

"This year we had 25 participants and I am enjoying being able to help everyone in their search for a teaching post," the council's teacher recruitment officer, Linda Bulmer, said.

Each trainee gets a £1,500 bursary from the Teacher Training Agency on completion of the course.

The annual ten-week part-time course, run by the council's education department, trains teachers returning to both primary and secondary schools.