During 2020/21, when Teach First was contracted by the Department for Education to recruit academic mentors for the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), applicants were required to have a degree at 2:2 or above or a Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), as well grade C/4 or above in GCSE maths and English or equivalent.
However, latest information published on the NTP website now says that academic mentors require a minimum of three A-levels at A*-C grade (or equivalent), a minimum of a grade 4 in English and maths at GCSE level and the right to work in the UK.
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