Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total number of those on Teach First schemes in 2014–15, and how many of them (1) did not take up a teaching career, and (2) did not continue a teaching career after their first year of teaching.

The Teach First Leadership Development Programme lasts for two years. The first year is school-based initial teacher training (ITT) where trainees teach a reduced hours timetable; the second year is teaching as a newly-qualified teacher (NQT). Its focus is on bringing into teaching high-quality graduates who are trained to make an impact on children’s attainment over the two-year duration of the scheme.

In the 2014 cohort, 1,387 trainees started Summer Institute training. Of these, 1,372 started teaching in schools in September and 1,272 completed year one and gained qualified teacher status (QTS).