Teach First
Teach First's mission is to address educational disadvantage by transforming exceptional graduates into effective, inspirational teachers and
leaders in all fields.
Teach First was launched in July 2002 to encourage top graduates, who would not normally enter teaching, to teach for at least two years in challenging secondary schools in the UK. With tailored leadership training developed with over 100 employers, Teach First aims to develop the leaders of the future.
Teach First has achieved incredible scale in its short history, now placing in London, the North West, the Midlands and Yorkshire, and its social impact has been far-reaching. The organisation is poised for significant growth over the next few years and has already placed nearly 1,500 graduates to teach and lead in challenging secondary schools.
Growth Challenges
In order to meet the demand for their services and their ambitious growth plans, Teach First needs to strengthen its operational platform. Maintaining their historic impact while achieving significant nationwide scale will also require both strategic input and funding for core managerial roles.
Breakthrough Support
- £230k unrestricted grant funding towards the costs of hiring a Director of Operations, Financial Controller and other finance staff
- Designed and helped implement an operations strategy oversight group of management and external advisers
- Providing support for the measurement of the social impact of various programmes
The Results
- Provided management and strategic support during the recruitment of a new Finance Director / COO
- Created a broad based operations support group to drive and manage the development of the organisational platform needed to support a more than doubling of graduate intake. This included:
Recruited mentors for five operational managers
Helped formalise the process for managing organisational and operational development - Social impact studies underway
For further information visit www.teachfirst.org.uk