A Study of Mentoring in the Teach First Programme

This PhD thesis explores how those involved in the Teach First mentoring process - trainees mentors and university tutors - perceive that process and their role within it. It presents a new framework for understanding the mentoring process in ITT based on a 'triad' of key players. It also reveals how the distinctiveness of the Teach First programme can be attenuated by the school-based mentoring process and considers the implications of these findings for all those involved in ITT including system leaders policy makers and Teach First itself. This study... will make a valuable contribution to our understanding of the process of mentoring - particularly in the context of Teach First. - Professor Ian Menter President of the British Education Research Association