Teacher Training Programme

Applications for our Training Programme are reopening for six weeks until 8 June. Don’t miss out! 

It’s time to discover your potential. You can start a brand-new career this year, inspiring children and giving them the opportunities they need to succeed.  

A great teacher can make the biggest difference in a child’s life. But the UK is facing a critical teacher shortage. We’ve reopened our recruitment window to get more skilled trainees – like you – into the classroom this year. So that more children can have the chance at a better future.  

This year, join hundreds of other career changers on the country’s leading teacher training and leadership programme. We need your skills, passion and experience. 

Teaching is a rewarding, stable career with fantastic opportunities for progression. A career where no two days are the same  

This is your chance to lead where it matters most. You CAN make a difference. 

Ready? 

Take the leap. Apply before 8 June and start teaching this October.  

Narratives:

Wondering if you’re meant for more? 

More opportunities. More stability. More fulfilment.  

Our Training Programme is your chance to lead where it matters most. Put your skills into action while gaining exciting new ones. Advance in ways you never imagined. All

while giving the children society is failing the opportunities they need to fulfil their potential. 

You’ll get:  

• a salary from day one in the classroom 
• opportunities for quick progression (and pay increases to match) 
• a fully funded internationally recognised leadership qualification and professional coaching worth over £10k 
• access to our 15,000-strong network of teachers, leaders and businesses 
• career stability and skills that will set you up for life 

 Your future is waiting. 

Now is the time to discover it. 

Don’t miss out. Apply by 8 June.  

Wondering if you’re meant for more? 

More opportunities. More stability. More fulfilment. 

Now is your chance to lead where it matters most. Become a teacher this autumn on our Training Programme and start making a difference. 

Your future is out there.  

Don’t wait to discover it. 

• Some things never change. We’ll always need great teachers. But we need them now, more than ever. Switch to teaching and start making a difference this year.  
• Swap your old role for a career where no two days are the same.  We help hundreds of career changers like you each year make the switch to the classroom. Apply now, start teaching this October. 
• Parents!  Want a stable, rewarding career with opportunities for fast progression that fits easily around family life? Try teaching. Start training when your kids are back at school. Apply by 8 June to join the Teach First Training Programme this autumn.   

Dates:

• 8th June deadline
• AI training begins on the 11th September 2023 and trainees will start in the classroom at the end of October.

Ambassador stories

• From Lawyer to Teacher:https://www.teachfirst.org.uk/stories/hands-career-change
• From Farmer to teacher:https://www.teachfirst.org.uk/stories/farmer-to-teacher (had lots of positive responses from Jon’s story)
• All about the career changer community:https://www.teachfirst.org.uk/stories/connect-career-changers-grow-teacher
• Parenting and the training programme:https://www.teachfirst.org.uk/stories/balance-parenting-teaching
• https://www.teachfirst.org.uk/stories/my-teacher-opened-doors-i-thought-id-never-walk-through - just a really lovely and powerful story. YouTube video too!

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