People in teaching jobs in the UK should be preparing their pupils to sit 
international education tests.

This is the view Sir John Rowling of the Performance in Excellence Club - a group of hundreds of secondary schools - who believes that the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) rankings are very important on a political basis.

Pisa tests are taken in reading, maths and science every three years by a random sample of 500,000 15-year-olds from more than 60 countries around the world. The rankings are published tomorrow (December 3rd), with Sir John expecting poor scores and too much negativity in the UK education sector.

Speaking to the Times Educational Supplement, Sir John criticised ministers' attitudes towards the global tests and said not enough has been done since 2010 to change the UK's standing.

The last set of rankings were topped by Asian school systems, while Scandinavian nations had the best results in Europe. The UK finished in the middle of the tables and at the time, education secretary Michael Gove said the results demonstrated an urgent need to "reform our school system".

Sir John said: "Make no mistake, on December 3rd, the morale of the profession will take another whack around the ears. It is almost certain.

"Schools will be told, 'Again you're hopeless', 'Again you've messed up', 'Again you're no good', 'Sort yourselves out'. All that sort of stuff doesn't do any good and it doesn't solve the problem either."

He suggested teachers should familiarise pupils with the style of the tests and explained to BBC News this could bring about the ideology shift that is needed because currently Pisa tests are only taken by a minority of pupils and "nobody bothers".

As somebody who is looking for a teaching job or has experience teaching, do you think poor Pisa results will have an effect on morale in the education industry?