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Teach First's mission is to address educational disadvantage by transforming exceptional graduates into effective, inspirational teachers and leaders in all fields. Teach First targets graduates who would not normally consider a career in teaching and places them in challenging schools – where:

1. More than 50% of their pupils from deprived backgrounds according to the respected IDACI index of childhood deprivation, thereby more accurately prioritising those schools with higher levels of deprivation.
   
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2. Schools with the lowest levels of attainment in regards to the 5+ A*-C measure – i.e. schools whose results fall in the lowest third of the national distribution.

In 2009, Teach First placed close to 500 graduates in teaching positions, making it the 4th largest recruiter of graduates in the UK. The figure for participants joining in 2010 is 570 and 650 in 2011.

In 2009, Teach First gained 8th place on the coveted league of Times Top 100 Graduate Employers.

For more information please contact:

Garfield Myrie email: gmyrie@teachfirst.org.uk telephone: 020 3117 2378

Gemma McNeilis email: gmcneilis@teachfirst.org.uk telephone: 07989 392 976