Teach First is a unique two-year opportunity for you to achieve something special. Your energy, intelligence and creativity can transform the future for students in challenging schools around the UK. It’s also an opportunity to dramatically enhance your own career potential and to make a tangible difference to our society.

Consider the way your life has been changed by the education you have received. Knowledge and the tools to solve problems, insight and appreciation of the world around you, and above all opportunity. Imagine if you could help other young people to access all that.

Teach First takes exceptional graduates and transforms them into inspiring leaders – your leadership, inspiration and above all your example can be the key that unlocks the future for students confronted by a wide range of personal and social issues. 

Your development

While you are transforming the lives of young people in schools around the country, Teach First will help you to maximise your own potential, discover new skills and build on those you already have. High-profile recruiters from all sectors recognise that the skills and strategies developed in the classroom are highly relevant and applicable to management careers. That’s why over 80 companies, government agencies and public bodies back Teach First to develop top talent for the future. Put simply, if you can engage, manage and stimulate a class of under-performing teenagers you can handle pretty well any situation in any business.

How it works

Teach First recruits high-calibre graduates for two years to train and qualify as teachers. Initially you will attend six weeks of intensive training at one of the UK’s leading teacher-training institutions, before being assigned to a school. Parallel to your teaching experience you will participate in the Teach First leadership programme – designed and delivered in collaboration with our business supporters and education partners. This will further develop your leadership skills and provide you with valuable contacts, coaching and internship opportunities, and business training. And, as a Teach First Ambassador, you will continue to benefit from engagement with the Teach First network of supporters and alumni long after you complete the programme.

Fast facts

Occupation areas
Teaching plus Leadership.

Vacancies per year
360.

Work locations
London, the North West  the Midlands.

Degree disciplines/class
All disciplines; greatest demand in Maths, Science, English and ICT. Minimum 2.1 and 300 UCAS points (excluding general studies).

Application procedure
To apply visit www.teachfirst.org.uk.

Deadline
Winter deadline 30 November 2007 for History, Geography, Citizenship and Modern Foreign Languages, and all other subjects if you have a strong regional preference. Final deadline (including Accenture, Deloitte and JPMorgan deferred entry schemes) 28 March 2008.