BBC NEWS | Tories back ‘Teach First’ scheme


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The Conservatives say they would divert funding to expand a scheme that sees bright graduates training on the job as teachers before working in industry.

They say the Teach First scheme could then operate throughout England and in primary schools.

This and similar programmes would be tapped for expertise to turn failing schools in to Academies.

The government said it was already doubling programmes to fast-track the best graduates into teaching.

Teach First is a charity that trains new graduates to teach in "challenged" secondary schools.

It recruits, trains, places and supports more than 500 people each year in the toughest schools in London, the North West, Yorkshire and the East and West Midlands.

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