NUT Cymru has raised concerns that Teach First, which is supported with funding from the Welsh government, has established links with private companies including supermarket chain Aldi and investment bank Goldman Sachs.
Union leaders have questioned the value of spending thousands of pounds recruiting and training new teachers, only to promote the “transferability of skills and leadership from the classroom to positions of influence”.
Teach First, which has regional offices across the UK, lists Accenture, Aldi, Goldman Sachs, Civil Service Fast Stream and PricewaterhouseCoopers as its “platinum partners”.
Having worked in England for more than 10 years it secured a contract in 2012 with the Welsh government to deliver the Additional Training Graduate Programme (ATGP) which is an initiative to improve schools and to support young people who face educational disadvantage.
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