Ambassadors in policy: Transforming education through politics

Teach First was set up 20 years ago with a vision: to build a fairer education system. Teach First has always believed that a child’s background shouldn’t restrict their life chances.

To unleash the potential in every child, schools needed more highly skilled, well supported teachers and leaders who had high expectations for their pupils. And beyond that, we needed champions across all of society to drive change, transform opportunities for young people and empower whole communities.

We are immensely proud that Teach First has now produced over 16,000 teachers – the majority of whom are still directly impacting children’s lives in the classroom, every day.

We are also proud that Teach First Ambassadors are committed to the mission, and take the core principles with them, whatever they do with their career. Over 250 are working in government and policy positions.

We have ambassadors working in business who are now leading corporate social responsibility teams and shaping the social mobility agenda in their organisations. Thirty social enterprises have been founded and around 200 of our ambassadors work in senior positions in the charity sector.

It is natural that this community of change-makers would seek to advocate for disadvantaged communities through elected politics. To date there have been three Ambassador MPs and a further three are standing at the next General Election.

Join us (online) on 22 January to hear from three Ambassadors, from across the political spectrum, reflecting on their Teach First journey and their ambitions for education system.