Teach First’s flagging recruitment last year has been branded “inadequate” by the Department for Education.
The teacher training provider has also missed out on bonuses of up to £2 million after signing up its smallest cohort in four years.
Schools Week revealed in November that the government’s flagship provider for attracting high-flying graduates missed its target for 2022-23 by a fifth.
Newly published data on key performance indicators for government contracts shows this led to an ‘inadequate’ rating, a downgrade from 2021 when the government rated recruitment as ‘requires improvement’ – although it said performance had been impacted by Covid.
