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Ambassadors or Alumni...? I’m a proud 2004 ambassador. I like that it means that I’m expected to go out and do whatever I can to make education fairer for kids I taught, no matter what role I am in. But I get that the term
Teacher recruitment and retention In the last week of January, the Department for Education(DfE) released its long-awaited strategy to recruit and retain more teachers. It comes in light of a survey showing nine in ten schools
Gender pay gap report 2018 Teach First is working towards a day when no child’s educational success is limited by their background.
Britain at a crossroads In England today, there is one teacher leaving the profession for every one that joins. Against this backdrop, the number of secondary pupils is rapidly rising, and not enough people are joining teacher training routes: last year, the number of trainees recruited was 20% below target.
Our next chapter The UK faces an unprecedented demand for teachers. One teacher is leaving for every new one joining the profession. This challenge is set to grow, with an additional 400,000 secondary schools pupils entering schools by 2027 - more than the number of secondary pupils in London today.
Gender pay gap report 2017 Teach First is working towards a day when no child’s educational success is limited by their background.
A flourishing partnership Little Mead Primary Academy takes a community-centric approach to the care and education of its pupils. The school, which is part of the Endeavour Academy Trust located in Bristol, supports a diverse
Story Wood's journey into the world of Teach First Jo Jones is the headteacher at Story Wood School in Birmingham. Here she talks about the school's positive experiences with taking on Teach First participants...
From Teach First pupil to Teach First teacher How do you go from being a teenager who hates English to a school’s deputy head of English department in less than ten years? Teach First teacher Laurell Milton has done just that, and is now teaching
Rachel Middleton on teaching modern foreign languages Rachel teaches modern foreign languages at West Somerset College. Now in her second year, she’s had a role in turning the department around with the support of her department head. Her passion and
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121 Meeting for professionals interested in teaching: Maths, Science, Geography & MFL - London and South East South Coast Wed 08 May 2019, 12:00 - Wed 26 June 2019, 16:30 Teach First National Office
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Gap grows between rich and poor children attending good schools Poorest children today are more likely to attend a school rated less than good compared to May 2016 - while the richest are more likely to attend an outstanding one An extra 30,000 poorer children –
Comment – Government's recruitment and retention strategy The Government today (Monday 29 January) has launched its teacher recruitment and retention strategy in a bid to boost the number of teachers in the profession whilst making sure talented individuals
Starting careers learning in primary schools Teach First and the Education and Employers charity today (Wednesday 23 January) publish new research highlighting the importance of getting children to think much earlier than at present about their
