Information for Primary Schools
Is your school eligible for partnership with Teach First?
For a school to be eligible to place Teach First participants at least 50% of pupils must live in the lowest 30% of the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI).
What are the benefits of having Teach First Participants in your school?
- Teach First's rigorous recruitment and selection process ensures provision of extremely high calibre, effective teachers. Click here to find out more about how we recruit our graduates.
- They choose to work with pupils in schools in challenging circumstances for a minimum of two years
- Participants are dedicated to raising pupils' achievement, access to opportunities and aspirations
- Teach First's bespoke primary training programme - designed in partnership with top primary headteachers and other experts from across the primary sector - is unique in preparing participants to teach pupils from low-income communities
- Participants also have access to leadership development training to develop their teaching and leadership abilities, and achieve a PGCE and QTS
- Through partnership between Teach First, universities and schools, participants are supported throughout the two years to help them meet the unique needs of their schools.
To discuss the possibility of placing Teach First Participants in your school, click here to contact the relevant Regional Director.
"The people that Teach First recruits are not just academic, they're also emotionally intelligent, and I think that's really important. That's something that you would otherwise have to instill or nurture. Our participants have been very much able to connect with the children and staff."
Richard Yates, Head Teacher, West Drayton Primary School
