"Sir, honestly, the reason I have been doing so well is because you were my inspiration and will always be. You made the impossible possible for me. Sir, you were the best teacher I have ever had and I will never forget that."
Pupil from Cranford Community College
"Miss Humphreys makes me feel a whole lot more confident with myself."
Pupil from Manning School for Girls
"There are certain situations you get put into and you think: why am I even trying, why am I even doing this? But just through talking to her you can see that she gives you that something to aim for."
Pupil from Burlington Danes Academy
"Miss Brown makes me feel proud of myself when I do a test and I get a level 4. I haven't quite reached my target, but she still says that it's really good and that she'll help me at the next one, so I can actually reach my target. She makes me really proud of myself and she helps me a lot."
Pupil from Manning School for Girls
"We are now a school with a great future. Our Teach First teachers are very talented, work long hours, don't accept mediocrity, care passionately about our young people, and have made an impact."
Mark Keary, Head teacher at Bethnal Green Technology College
"Teach First teachers may be inexperienced, but what they lack in experience they add on with their enthusiasm, their willingness to learn and also their commitment to the success of whatever they're doing."
Andy Nicholas, Advisory Principal, The Business Academy Bexley
"Teach First teachers bring energy, they bring enthusiasm and ideas. In school the one thing we need is people with ideas, people that can come to us and say, 'I want to do this, can I do it?' And the answer is, yes please, come and do it; we need those people."
Lesley Lyon, Head teacher, Manning School for Girls, Nottingham
"Often if you look at the people that are accepted by Teach First they have done other things with their lives. They've often travelled, they've worked on projects abroad, and they've volunteered. So they are usually the kind of people that aren't happy just to sit around and wait for life to come to them; they want to go to life."
Sally Coates, Head teacher, Burlington Danes Academy
"What Teach First does is that it brings enthusiasm, commitment, and willingness to make something successful. And I think when you've got all those ingredients there can only be success at the outbreak. So the children that go to a so-called disadvantaged school will not feel that they are in a disadvantaged school, because they will be getting the best."
Andy Nicholas, Advisory Principal, the Business Academy Bexley
"Our Teach First colleagues have been some of the most committed, enthusiastic, positive, caring and supportive staff it has ever been my privilege to work with."
Marian Catterall, Principal, Manchester Creative and Media Academy (Girls)
