Teach First
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We’re a charity that believes education is the most powerful tool to help a child fulfil their potential.
Joined December 2008
📢New report: Too many children are held back by poverty, but some schools are breaking the cycle. But they can’t do it alone. We urge the Government to back schools with the funding, workforce, and support they need to succeed. #SpendingReview2025. 🗞️
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We’re hugely grateful for her service. She will remain in post until her successor is appointed. Recruitment begins soon. 🔗 Read more:
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She has also championed greater diversity in the profession: 37% of our recent trainees identify as being from an ethnic minority background, and 28% grew up eligible for free school meals.
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Since her appointment in 2019, Dame Vivian has brought ambition, expertise and a deep belief in the power of education to change lives. Under her leadership, we’ve grown to work with over 5,500 schools and reached 1.5 million pupils.
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After six years of bold leadership, Dame Vivian Hunt DBE will step down as Chair of Teach First in November 2025, following two full terms in office.
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📰Read our key recommendations in our latest report ‘Breaking the cycle’:
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The Government’s focus on child poverty is welcome but more is needed for lasting change.📢. In his final interview as CEO of Teach First, @russellhobby tells @tes why we need targeted investment in schools in areas of “deep, sustained deprivation”. 🗨️.
In an exclusive interview with Tes, @russellhobby, the outgoing CEO of @TeachFirst, reflects on leading the teacher training charity and the government’s efforts to improve recruitment and retention.
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🧵2/2 Read our nine key recommendations in our latest report ‘Breaking the cycle’, where we campaign for much-needed change 👇
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🚨Ahead of the Spending Review, we’re calling on the Government to deliver on its mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The best way to back schools? Target investment where it’s most needed. Strengthen and expand the Pupil Premium. 🗞️
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“Prioritise poorer pupils in admission rounds and ensure ‘potential isn’t determined by postcode’”. 🗞️ Read the latest from @SchoolsWeek: 💼 And see our policy recommendations to Government ahead of the Spending Review:
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👩🏫 To fix this, we need to raise starting salaries, expand retention payments in shortage subjects, and offer flexible working. Only then can we get the best teachers into the classrooms that need them most.
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Teacher vacancies remain above pre-pandemic levels, especially in subjects like science and computing. It’s encouraging to see fewer teachers leave the profession, but recruitment is still too low—especially in disadvantaged schools.
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Later this week, ahead of the 2025 Spending Review, we’ll be setting out our key policy recommendations to Government to ensure that schools and pupils get the support they deserve.
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Expansion of free school meal eligibility is a welcome step. But further action is needed to ensure schools are fully equipped to help every child succeed. #SpendingReview2025
Breaking: All children from households eligible for universal credit will be offered free school meals in what the prime minister has hailed as a 'historic moment'. But schools will not receive additional pupil premium funding .
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Your postcode shouldn’t decide your education. But in the poorest areas, teacher shortages are locking pupils out of vital A-Level subjects like computer science. 🗞️
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Cutting uniform costs will reduce unnecessary financial pressures and barriers to learning. The measure will most benefit families facing financial hardship, and is a step further in ensuring that every young person, regardless of background, can reach their full potential. 🤝.
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We’re pleased to see plans to cut uniform costs – saving UK families ~£73m per year. 🏫 . We often hear from our community of teachers and school leaders that families are worried about the cost of the school day. .
Through our Plan for Change, we are driving down the cost of school uniforms 👔. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will mean schools have to limit their number of branded items, which will save families £73m a year. Find out more ⬇️.
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The government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity will never succeed unless we see urgent, targeted investment in schools that need it most, to help every child reach their full potential. Find out more about our campaign work:
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