World Book Day 2014: teachers don their finest fancy dress – in pictures

Gandalf and Arwen are doing a magical job looking after the students of La Salle school in Belfast. Photograph: La Salle

Eve Whittington and Lisa Brown from Mark Hall Academy in Essex are ready for the Mad Hatter's tea party. Photograph: Mark Hall Academy

Staff at Runnymede School in Madrid are having a great time in the Spanish sunshine. Photograph: Runnymede School Madrid

Miss Lud and Miss Carter from The Mountbatten School have won our hearts with these ensembles. Photograph: Alice in Wonderland

We hope Veruca Salt behaved herself at Temple Moor High School in Leeds today. Photograph: Varuca Salt

Staff Notre Dame School in Cobham went all out with their World Book Day creations. Captain Hook, we salute you. Photograph: Notre Dame Cobham

Is that a real martini in Mr Bond's hand? What would Miss Havisham say to this frivolity at Shotton Hall Academy? Photograph: Shotton Hall Academy

Katie Brown, Carolyn Ratcliffe and Michele Taylor-Joyce from Wilson Stuart School in Birmingham combine a white witch with two pink ladies very well. Photograph: Wilson Stuart School

Westfield School in Sheffield have gone to great lengths to enter into the spirit of World Book Day – we just hope Peppa Pig didn't over-heat in the glare of an interactive whiteboard. Photograph: Westfield School Sheffield

What a brilliant selection of Little Miss and Mr Men from the key stage 1 team at Tidemill Academy. Photograph: Tidemill Academy

Ms Telford from Flixton Girls School is looking supercalifragilisticexpialidocious as Mary Poppins. Photograph: Flixton Girls School

What a transformation Mrs Newby has made to the library at Our Lady's Catholic College and she looks brilliant as Miss Havisham. Photograph: Our Lady's Catholic College

Year 3 and 4 teachers from Tidemill Academy look really powerful as Batman-themed characters. Photograph: Tidemill Academy

Mr Marshall from The Mountbatten School is doing a fabulous Toad of Toad Hall impression. Photograph: The Mountbatten School

Ms O'Halloran from Flixton Girls' School makes a great Wednesday Addams. Photograph: Flixton Girls' School