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Teach First Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25

Teach First trains and develops talented teachers and leaders to work in schools serving disadvantaged communities across England. Their 2024/25 annual report records support for over 20,000 teachers and leaders, reaching 1.3 million pupils, with over 2,000 new trainees recruited and an ambassador network of more than 21,000 working to close the attainment and destinations gap.

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Teacher training, leadership development, school partnerships, ambassador network, policy advocacy Custom geography from upload: England

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 20,000+ teachers and leaders supported
Key Metric 2 1.3 million pupils reached in low-income communities
Key Metric 3 2,000+ trainees recruited to begin Initial Teacher Training

Key Outcomes

  • Improved teaching quality in schools serving disadvantaged communities
  • Ambassador network grown to 21,000+ driving systemic change across education and wider society
  • Reduced attainment and destination gap for children and young people facing disadvantage

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Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
440,000+ young people aged 4-18 active members across 7,000 Groups
Key Metric 2
140,000 volunteers supporting the movement across the UK
Key Metric 3
373 Sections opened or re-energised in England between April 2024 and March 2025
0.3% overall growth in young people (ages 4-18), driven by 31% increase in Squirrel Scouts (5,200 young people)
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
Key Metric 2
45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
Key Metric 3
95 Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers in Wales offering peer support and mentoring to fellow foster carers
191 children and young people engaged in outdoor adventure weeks through the Fostering Attainment and Achievement programme in Northern Ireland
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
63,023 individuals reached: 62,014 children/teens and 1,009 parents/educators
Key Metric 2
162 presenting schools and 20 districts/organisations
Key Metric 3
43 training/outreach sessions; 737 educators/community partners and 266 parents supported
49% of students applied a taught skill in their own lives.