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Career Change Webinar: Wednesday 25 November
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Our Stories
Our Stories:
My journey into teaching: Bilal Aeiyub Patel
From IT and Business Owner to Teaching Maths: Laura’s Story
From the civil service to teaching French: Anne-Marie Lawlor
From journalism to teaching languages: Emma Barker
From banking to biology: Mark Jobling
Pointing students to great careers: Khasruz Zaman
From Career Coach To Maths Teacher: Vishal Handa
From Law to English Teacher: Alice Gartland
From FT Columnist To Trainee Teacher: Lucy Kellaway
Homeschooling lit my passion for teaching: Sameera Asad Cooper
Changing career in the pandemic: Danielle Miller
Maths SKE - Vincent Neate
MFL SKE - Joanna Fookes
A passion For history: Stephen King
From banking to teaching: Becky Clark
Podcasts
News
News:
New partnerships strengthen STEM and careers support for the Now Teach Network
I quit life as a fund manager to teach maths - Daily Mail
The STEM 600 House of Lords Event
Announcing the STEM 600
City banker discusses becoming a Now Teacher at 60 on BBC Radio Surrey
Supporting Men into Teaching - Stephen Hargreaves - The Times
Now Teach & Teach First: a new partnership to support more career changers into teaching
Could career changers help solve teacher shortages? - BBC News North East
CEO turned computer science teacher - The Sunday Times
From GCSEs to Teaching: Stephen’s career change journey - ITV News London
Career changer achieves grade 6 in GCSE English - BBC London News
Inspiring career changer achieves GCSE success - BBC Radio London
Why career changers are key to hitting Labour's teacher recruitment targets
"You're not alone": The Network that supports career changers
Part-time training course available at University of Hertfordshire
Over 50s are the fastest growing age group amongst new teachers
Over-50s lead a new wave of teacher trainees - The Times
4 ways Labour can drive teacher recruitment - TES Magazine
From comedy to the classroom - Absolute Radio
Getting more men into teaching - The Guardian
From pilot to science teacher: how mid-life career changes give you purpose
An open letter to Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson
Leveraging AI to reduce teacher workload
Becoming a teacher after a career break
Teaching as an always in-person career
Back to school for a new career with The One Show
Changing career in your 50s - BBC Morning Live
Teaching and AI: Lucy Kellaway comments
Philanthropists ensure Now Teach can recruit for 2025
Now Teach co-founder joins the Board of Trustees
Open letter calls for Now Teach funding to be restored
Now Teach announces DfE not funding new contract
Now Teach faces DfE cuts but our work continues
ITV News talks to Now Teachers
Returning to the classroom was my silver lining.
Today Programme - Teaching Apprenticeship
Why we need more teachers. Lucy Kellaway talks to Kathy Newman on Times Radio.
Becoming a teacher at 62 was the best thing
My Skills Are Valued In Teaching
BBC Norfolk Interview with Katie Waldegrave and Nick Sanders
Now Teach appoints new CEO
‘Something that actually matters’: four retirees on why they’re becoming teachers
Lucy Kellaway on planning for a second career
Jo Young talks changing career to teaching: BBC Cambridgeshire
Teaching in your 50s: Deborah Mills meets Trisha Goddard
Career changer Stuart Wood talks about training to teach music: BBC Kent
Sasha Chaudhri reflects on her year as a trainee teacher: BBC London
Eleanor Smith describes training to teach during the pandemic: BBC Three Counties
Katie Waldegrave tells Mariella Frostrup about the challenges of teaching: Times Radio
I gave up my 6-figure journalism job to teach'. Lucy Kellaway in Business Insider
Blog
Blog:
Ten years of Now Teach. What comes next?
Skills and the Career Changer Difference: reflections from Labour Party Conference 2026
Now Teach Summit 2026: A Day to Remember
Financing your career change
How long do you have left to apply for teacher training?
From finance and geopolitics to geography: Elliot’s story
Yes! You can get paid to train: Understanding teacher training bursaries
Subject knowledge enhancement courses get you clued up for class
How the school year runs teacher training
Innovation Fund: Developing history skills through oracy
Teacher recruitment challenge is also a diversity issue
Why career changers will help solve teaching’s recruitment and retention challenges
Why summer is the last time to apply
School or University: Where should I train to teach?
Keep an open mind: why you should apply to four teaching training courses.
Labour Party Conference Review
Inspire and Develop: Now Teach Summer Conference
Now Teach Innovation Fund Update
Why the challenges of changing career shouldn’t stop you
Education Policy Roundup
Getting school experience with Action Tutoring
Putting the past within reach: a veteran teaches history
What I learned from leaving teacher training – and starting again
Five skills that career changers bring to teaching
How tutoring will (and will not) prepare you for teaching
How to choose a school that fits you
Seven things you don't know about becoming a teacher
How Now Teach helped my career progression
Launching the Now Teach Innovation Fund
Top three tips for teacher training interviews
"I’d like to teach in the Someday Islands." Why career change can take time.
Taking your career up a level with Teaching Vacancies
How our career coaching and mentoring will help you become a teacher
ADHD, My Students and Me
A Friend From All Seasons: Why intergenerational relationships matter
The frontline of age diversity
Facing work relocation: Ricardo’s career change to teaching
Kick-start your career change to teaching: Why starting early is best
What to think about before changing career to teaching
Black History Month: Shaping the Curriculum Beyond October
Calling full-time on your career: From Arsenal to the classroom
Careers: people should be able to start all over again at any point
10 tips for applicants looking for flexible working
How a career change can change your lifestyle
Why your past career experience counts as a teacher
A network of career-change teachers: connection and impact
Older Teachers: Brief encounters or to infinity and beyond?
How to handle rejection, age gaps and financial uncertainty
Celebrating Pride Month 2023: Stories and Resources for Inclusion
Being a beginner is difficult: the story of a career-change teacher
Teaching was always on the menu
The kids are alright: teaching and student behaviour
Career-change teachers using their experience
Becoming a Teaching Assistant
Careers impact on students
Bridging the gap between work and education
Opportunities and confidence: why careers advice matters
Should you train to teach part-time?
Network Events: Classroom Surgeries and Subject Hubs
Personal coaching for career-change teachers
A network of career changers
What is part-time teaching like?
Five signs you need to change career
How teachers can prioritise their well-being and beat the January Blues
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (in school)
A world where our age doesn’t define us
How career-change changed me
Is a career change what you need?
Is a PGCE worth it?
Job Security in Teaching: Recession-Proof. Pandemic-Proof. Future-Proof.
Can I afford to change career and train as a teacher?
The first week of teacher training
Becoming a student in your 50s
Train to teach as part of a Network
Now Teach Network: A Community of Career-Changers
Longevity: transitions and life-long learning
Don’t retire, teach!
The Now Teach Top 10: tips to get through the first term
The joys of starting again
Building Flexibility into Secondary Schools Summary
Flexible working leadership case study
Leaders must overcome the fear of flexible working'
How to retrain as a teacher - FT video
How to know you’ll make a good teacher
How to deal with starting again
Balancing Teaching and Parenting
Now Teach expands to all England
Black Teacher' by Beryl Gilroy
School life and the menopause
Reading List
Now Teach expands across all England
Changing careers to teaching: your questions answered
How to choose your subject
Why older teachers matter: A letter to the Network
Using your career to teach careers
Five Tips for Managing Student Behaviour

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