Teach First Graduates: North West

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Achievement gap

The North West has relatively low regional averages for ethnic diversity indicators. More people than the national average 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.

The North West has 22 Local Authorities in total.

Snapshot

The North West cohort tends 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.

What our participants say about the region

“I can honestly say that doing Teach First has been one of the most exciting, challenging and rewarding experiences of my life, and I couldn’t have wished for a better region to be placed in, thanks to the amazing team and participants you will meet and get to know over the course of the next two years and beyond.”

Mark Thompson, ’10 cohort, Little Lever School

Subjects we place in this region

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

Find us on the map

Floor 11
3 Piccadilly Place
Manchester
M1 3BN

Tel: 0161 242 1165
Fax: 0161 662 7733

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