News

Scouts wins £129,000 DfE contract to boost teacher recruitment

2 mins read Education Youth Work
Scouts has been handed a £129,000 government contract to promote teaching as a career pathway to its young members.
The aim of the partnership is to inspire more young people to pursue teaching. Picture: Scouts
The aim of the partnership is to inspire more young people to pursue teaching. Picture: Scouts

The Get into Teaching Candidate Pipeline Strategy aims to tackle teacher sufficiency by increasing the recruitment of young people who may not have considered it as a career.

The strategy focuses on promoting teaching through partnerships to a younger audience, with a focus on areas where recruitment is most challenging, including: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and modern foreign languages.

Through the three-year partnership, the Department for Education will work with the Scouts’ Explorers groups to provide 44,000 14-to 18-year-olds with knowledge on how to pursue a teaching career.

Activities will contribute to the existing Scouts programme, and adult Scouts volunteers will be encouraged to raise awareness of teaching as a career choice.

Register Now to Continue Reading

Thank you for visiting Children & Young People Now and making use of our archive of more than 60,000 expert features, topics hubs, case studies and policy updates. Why not register today and enjoy the following great benefits:

What's Included

  • Free access to 4 subscriber-only articles per month

  • Email newsletter providing advice and guidance across the sector

Register

Already have an account? Sign in here


More like this