Email received today from Under 5 Magazine

Hi Julie,

Just to let you know I contacted Teach First r.e. your comments and received the below response:

"Teach First is grateful to Under 5 magazine for drawing our attention to this issue. While we have recently expanded our reach to allow successful candidates to train in early years settings – working with children aged three to five in some of the most disadvantaged communities – this took place halfway through our recruitment season. We therefore continued recruiting based on our existing degree criteria for primary and secondary – these vary according to the needs of our partner schools and university training providers and are set out on our website. However, we are now reviewing our eligibility criteria for applicants interested in early years and will be in touch with the candidate concerned to update them on our progress.”

I hope this is in some way helpful and very much hope it indicates that they are changing their policy and you’ll be able to enrol on the programme after all.

All the best,
Shannon Hawthorne, (Corporate Editor, Under 5 magazine)

I should confirm that I am yet to hear any further from Teach First. I will report to my Blog as the situation evolves!