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Meet the Change Makers and Change Partners helping to rewrite the future of education for children facing the biggest barriers – one story at a time.

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Five years of change: Reflections from the outgoing chair of our Ethnicity Staff Network

Joanne Benjamin-Lewis

Subject Development Lead (Transformational Programmes) and outgoing Chair of Teach First’s Ethnicity Staff Network

How our Ethnicity Staff Network helped shape change at Teach First and beyond.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Networks and communities

Teacher supporting secondary school pupils as they work on written tasks in a classroom.

James Toop: How we are Rewriting the future to end educational disadvantage

James Toop

Teach First Chief Executive

Education should be the great engine of equality in this country but, right now, it is failing far too many children.

Innovation and change making

Networks and communities

Meet Claire, a Teach First trainee primary school teacher

Claire

Teach First trainee primary school teacher

From social housing to the classroom, Claire followed her calling to teach.

Career journeys

Teacher training

From focused expertise to trust-wide impact in primary maths leadership

Malcolm

Primary Maths Lead across Meridian Trust

How the NPQ in Leading Primary Mathematics empowered Malcolm to transform practice across schools.

Leadership

Teaching in action

From quiet confidence to bold change in Early Years leadership

Tara

Assistant Headteacher Head of EYFS & KS1 NPQEYL

How the NPQ in Early Years Leadership empowered Tara to lead change in Early Years.

Career journeys

Leadership

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Relocating to teach: Rachel’s journey of purpose and impact

Rachel Shears

Trainee history teacher

Rachel shares how relocating to teach helped her grow and support her pupils.

Teacher training

Teaching in action

Teach First trainees - committed to making a difference

Julie Deville, OBE

Chief Executive Officer of EXTOL

Julie Deville, OBE is Chief Executive Officer of EXTOL, a trust of eight primary schools based in the North East.

Partnerships

Teacher training

Rewriting the story for South Asian representation

Sanam

Early Years trainee

We sat down with Sanam, a passionate Teach First primary school teacher, who’s championing diverse voices in the classroom.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Teacher training

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How Leading Together helped transform my school

Erica Tilley

Headteacher at Rufford Primary School, Stourbridge

Leading Together helped transform leadership and outcomes at this Dudley primary school.

Innovation and change making

Leadership

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Whole-school literacy strategy

Alex Birks-Agnew

Headteacher and Teach First ambassador, Ark Alexandra, Hastings

Alex Birks-Agnew shares how his school uses pupil premium to close the reading gap.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Teaching in action

Supporting vulnerable pupils

Rebecca Smith

Principal, Knighton Mead Primary Academy, Leicester

Knighton Mead Primary Academy sees children heavily impacted by county lines, despite being a primary school.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Policy and sector voices

Three secondary school boys in uniform engaged in a classroom discussion, smiling and listening attentively.

Easing school transitions

Aidan Sadgrove, CEO of Brigshaw Learning Partnership

Aiden Sadgrove

CEO, The Brigshaw Learning Partnership, West Yorkshire

CEO Aidan Sadgrove shares how Brigshaw Learning Partnership (BLP) is easing the move to secondary school.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Innovation and change making

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