Sir stars in ad campaign

5:23pm Saturday 1st March 2008

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A newly qualified teacher of maths from Rickmansworth School is now the star of a new national television advertisement.

The Government sponsored "Turn your talent to teaching" adverts aim to tempt new, young and dynamic recruits to the profession, often focusing on teacher/pupil relationships.

Oxford graduate Stuart Foster, 23, appears in the advert joking with a young pupil about football.

This isn't Stuart's first television appearance; last October he was featured on the BBC London News in a feature about Oxford and Cambridge graduates starting out their teaching careers at new schools.

It was after watching this that producers contacted him for their next advert.

The ten-second endorsement features Stuart drinking tea out of a Tottenham mug and a boy teasing him about Arsenal beating them at the weekend.

After this banter' the class get down to some work.

He said: "It was a long day for only ten seconds of film but the kids really enjoyed it and it was a great experience for them.

"The advert is true to life. I am a Spurs fan and the boy involved is an Arsenal fan. I've never actually taught him but we joke about football a lot."