Forty teachers will be placed across the
Merseyside region |
On Thursday 31 January 2007 Teach First ‘Merseyside’ will be officially launched at a gala dinner at the Liverpool Town Hall hosted by the Lord Mayor of the City of Liverpool and Liverpool City Council Children’s Services. The dinner will be attended by leaders from politics, business and education to celebrate the roll-out of the Teach First scheme from London, Greater Manchester and the Midlands, into Merseyside.
Supported by funding from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the goal is to place up to 40 Teach First teachers across 15 to 20 schools in Merseyside from September 2008. They have been recruited to teach specifically the subjects of Maths, Science, English, Modern Foreign Languages, Information Technology, and Citizenship. Additional funds are being offered by HSBC Global Education Foundation and individual philanthropist Dr Steve Garnett, CEO EMEA salesforce.com – himself a “Liverpool lad.”
Teach First is a business-led charity which recruits high-flying graduates to work as teachers in challenging secondary schools. Schools and Local Authorities in Merseyside have already expressed interest in the programme and nationally applications to the scheme are set to hit targets of 350 new teachers starting in the new academic year.
Amanda Timberg, Director of Expansion and the North West, says : “Today’s launch is a real landmark for Teach First. We have had huge interest from graduates excited by the option of teaching in Merseyside who want to help address the roots of educational disadvantage in some of the most challenged secondary schools in the region to raise achievement and aspiration.”
The Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families, The Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP, is unable to attend the Teach First launch event but has sent the following message:
"I am sorry I cannot join you this evening to celebrate the expansion of this inspirational programme to Merseyside. There is a real buzz and sense of optimism in Liverpool at the moment and it is fitting that Teach First is a part of this excitement. I want to offer my personal congratulations to Teach First on their vision and the significant progress they have made since the programme began in schools in London in 2003. The demand for places demonstrates the prestige in which it is held, the energy and enthusiasm that it inspires and the excellent way it is run. This expansion reflects how the programme continues to gain momentum, transforming children’s lives by helping them to fulfil their potential and developing leaders of the future in education and business. I wish everyone associated with the programme the very best for the future." |
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