Teach First

Building movement of leaders in classrooms schools and across society.

Overview

Working in partnership they recruit dynamic passionate individuals and support them to raise the achievement aspirations and access to opportunity of pupils from low socio economic backgrounds. Their trainees join their Leadership Development Programme which involves teaching for a minimum of two years achieving a PGCE and wider leadership skills training. After the two years more than half continue to teach within schools in low income communities with many moving into middle and senior leadership positions. Others continue to work towards the vision from positions within government industry and their own social enterprises demonstrating a life long commitment to ending inequality in education from both inside and outside the classroom.