SPOTLIGHT ON TEACHING WHAT IS TEACH FIRST? Teach First is a charity that offers two-year training programmes to graduates with a degree of 2:1 or above. The aim of Teach First is to end educational inequality by putting exceptional teachers into challenging schools in low-income areas Trainees receive a salary during their training. During the first year, you'll receive the basic salary for an unqualified teacher (minimum £16,626), which goes up to that of a newly qualified teacher in the second year (minimum £22,917, up to £28,660 for inner London). Find out more at teachfirst.org.uk. J O B S & C A R E E R S /// 1 3 3 132 J&C JC17 How to be a teacher jw2.indd 133 17/11/2017 20:14