Top maths graduates choose to Teach First

Forty of the best and brightest British graduates have just embarked on two years as mathematics teachers in some of the most challenging schools in London. Most of them graduated with a 2.1 or above from a top 20 university. Some turned down job offers from prestigious companies for the chance to inspire inner city kids. None of them had seriously considered teaching as a first employment destination before they entered their final year. So how did they find their way into the classroom? The answer is Teach First (www.teachfirst.org.uk), the independent charity that in just one year has recruited, trained and placed nearly 180 top graduates as teachers in London schools, 40 of them as mathematics teachers…