Former teaching colleague: "Pete taught on the same corridor as me for many years, and i passed his classroom several time a day on my way to my department. We became friends when I supported him with his GCSE classes where I learned so much from him. So much in fact that when they were a maths teacher short I took my own GCSE class and put into practice many of the techniques Pet had taught me, and to great effect when a handful of my supposed D grade students achieved a 'C' "