Evaluation of Teach First

Ofsted have evaluated the Teach First programme in London to find:

- The training is effective because of the close links to the Canterbury Christ Church University and the Teach First office
- The expectation that trainees should develop beyond the minimum qualified teacher status requirements is a significant feature and resulted in over half achieving "outstanding" status and a further third achieving "good" status
- The majority of participants would not have considered teaching and around half chose to stay in the classroom for a third year
- Teach First participants were highly motivated by the mission of reducing social disadvantage
- Teach First participants were most likely to struggle with behaviour management
- Schools should better monitor how they train the Teach First participants