Author Archives: Teach First

What all teachers need to know about wellbeing
By Heather Parker, Curriculum Design Manager, Teach First Teaching can be incredibly rewarding. But it can also be challenging, especially to personal wellbeing. When I joined…

5 best bets to improve teaching and learning in the year ahead
By Jon Hutchinson, Teach First Ambassador Although it may be true, as Dylan Wiliam has famously phrased it, that in education “Everything works somewhere, nothing works…

5 things we’re thinking about leadership
Graihagh Crawshaw, Director of School Leadership and Bridget Clay, Head of Programme at Teach First, share 5 ideas on school leadership. 1. Implementation Schools are non-stop….

7 lessons from 7 sustainably successful schools
By Daria Kuznetsova, Teach First How do schools achieve excellence and how do they maintain it? This article explores lessons in sustainable success from seven schools…

Get off the radiator, it’s not a toy!
As we move into another academic year, Jonny Walker reflects on the one piece of advice he’d give to new trainees this September. In case you…