Locations & benefits

North West

Achievement gap

The North West has relatively low regional averages for ethnic diversity indicators. More people than the national average self-classify themselves as White British. However, regional averages hide the details of more localised data. Manchester is a very diverse city, with many bilingual students, and students whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Manchester also has high levels of students eligible for FSM.

Local Authorities with Teach First placements (past and present)	FSM eligibility	Students who’s first language is known or believed to be other than English	5 A* to C grades at GCSE (including English and Maths)			% point gap between FSM and non-FSM GCSE attainment (5 A*-C including E&M)
			Local Authority average	FSM eligible students	Non-FSM students
Bolton	17.2%	16.0%	44.4%	22.5%	48.6%	26.1
Knowsley	32.7%	0.5%	29.7%	13.6%	36.5%	22.9
Liverpool	27.1%	4.8%	39.6%	19.3%	48.2%	28.9
Manchester	36.8%	28.0%	36.3%	24.9%	43.3%	18.4
Oldham	20.3%	19.8%	42.9%	24.4%	47.5%	23.1
Rochdale	23.7%	19.1%	42.9%	22.7%	49.3%	26.6
Salford	24.6%	4.7%	40.0%	17.9%	45.7%	27.8
Sefton	14.1%	1.3%	51.2%	22.2%	56.2%	34.0
St. Helen’s	16.7%	1.0%	37.4%	12.2%	42.0%	29.8
Tameside	16.2%	7.0%	41.2%	21.3%	44.3%	23.0
Trafford	9.5%	6.8%	63.7%	31.7%	67.1%	35.4

The North West has 22 Local Authorities in total.

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Snapshot

The North West cohorts tend to be close knit and many participants live in the same areas of the cities. The quality of life is good within the major cities and living here means easy access to the countryside with the Peak District and the Lake District within reach. In the North West, completing additional university modules as part of the Leadership Development Programme, will allow you to earn an MA in Education (Teach First Leadership) from the highly regarded University of Manchester.

A few fun facts about this region:

• Liverpool holds more museums and art galleries than any other UK city outside London
• Over 20 Nobel Prize winners have come from Manchester
• The atom was first split in Manchester
• Primary and Secondary education is available in various forms in Liverpool – including Secular, Church of England, Jewish, Roman Catholic and Islamic (primary level only).
• Liverpool was joint European Capital for Culture in 2008 – the main celebration included a 20m-high mechanical spider.

Subjects we place in this region

Citizenship, English, Maths, Modern Foreign Languages and Science.

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