Teach First trainees to enter primary schools

Charity Teach First will expand into primary schools from September of this year.

The organisation is set to place approximately 80 trainees in primary schools, with this eventually increasing to around five per cent of all primary teachers, the BBC reports.

Brett Wigdortz, the charity's founder and chief executive, said Teach First is committed to preventing educational disadvantage.

"In order to do this we need to engage with children as early as possible, and that means placing inspirational teachers into primary schools in challenging circumstances," he commented.

Teach first recognises the specific needs of primary school pupils and will ensure that teachers receive the best training available, including a thorough grounding in literacy and numeracy teaching.

This follows a pilot scheme which was carried out in 21 primary schools across the UK

Founded in 2002, the charity said it aims to be recruiting 1,000 graduates a year by 2013.



 


 

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