The impact of the Additional Training Graduate Programme (Teach First) in Wales
This report is published in response to a request for advice about the effectiveness of the Additional Training Graduate Programme (ATGP) in Wales from the Welsh Government in the Minister’s annual remit letter to Estyn. The report is intended for the Welsh Government and leaders and staff of the ATGP in Wales and their partnership schools. It may also be of wider interest to participants (that is, trainees on the Teach First programme), to leaders and staff who work in schools, and to those who work in teacher education and training.
Recommendations
To strengthen the ATGP and other routes into teaching, the Welsh Government should:
R1 Ensure that teacher training providers in Wales help trainees to develop the most effective pedagogies for their subject and phase
R2 Consider strategies to improve the quality of mentoring in schools, to enable trainee teachers to make good progress and to achieve their potential
R3 Ensure that all programmes for initial teacher training support trainee teachers effectively in the first few weeks of teaching
R4 Improve the collection of data in initial teacher training to evaluate the effectiveness of training programmes