Tutoring

Randstad’s tutoring contract worth £37m less than total offered by DfE

Dutch outsourcing giant Randstad will take over the National Tutoring Programme for tens of millions of pounds less than...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Coronavirus: Teach First drops 120 trainees as schools halt recruitment

Teach First has dropped 120 of its trainees after failing to match all of this year’s cohort with schools....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Poorer pupils lag behind wealthier peers in all EBacc subjects

Poorer pupils lag behind their wealthier peers in all English Baccalaureate (EBacc) subjects, new research released on the eve...

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Teach First offered places to 82% of assessed applicants

Teach First has recruited its largest cohort of trainee teachers by allowing way more applicants through assessment and taking...

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Record year for Teach First as two thirds of applicants pass screening

The education charity Teach First has recruited a record cohort of trainee teachers after almost two in three passed...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teach Firsters return to the classroom ten years on

Teachers who trained with education charity Teach First when it launched 15 years ago are returning to the profession,...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Set up ‘Teach First-style’ scheme for school mental health specialists, says report

A scheme modelled on Teach First should be set up in schools to train mental health specialists to work...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Teach First increases trainee numbers more in south than north

Teach First has made progress placing trainees in the north of England but is still struggling in some areas,...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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One in three reception children aren’t ‘school ready’, warns Teach First

Nearly one in three children who start primary school in England at the age of five are not “school...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson