Engage community
Why join the Engage Teacher Network?
A community of teachers who want to transform access to relevant and meaningful science work for all young people, Engage is run by the British Science Association and managed through the charity’s flagship CREST Awards education programme.
Work together
Share expertise and advice with more than 2,500 teachers from a variety of school settings across the UK.
Exclusive opportunities and support
Engage young people
It's free!
Work together
Share expertise and advice with more than 2,500 teachers from a variety of school settings across the UK.
Exclusive opportunities and support
Apply for funding, receive exclusive projects and partnership offers, get extra help and more.Engage young people
Provide exciting opportunities for all young people to get hands-on, develop key skills, and build their confidence. Especially groups of students who are more likely to face inequity in STEM.It's free!
Thanks to support from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Engage is free for all teachers in schools in challenging circumstances.
Who can join?
The Engage Teacher Network is for teachers working schools in challenging circumstances.
To join you must work in a school that:
1. Is state-funded, not academically selective, and is in the UK.
Independent Special Schools that receive local authority funding for pupil places are also eligible.
2. Meets at least one of the following criteria
- A minimum of 30% of students are eligible for Pupil Premium, Free School Meals, or equivalent.
- A minimum of 30% of pupils are from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Ethnic minority backgrounds include all pupils who don’t self-describe as White British. It includes Irish, except in Northern Ireland. - The school is based in a remote and rural location.
Remote and rural schools are in postcodes listed as ‘rural’ under the Government’s Rural Urban classification system. Look up your school’s classification here.
Engage funding
Priority offers
Peer support
Engage Teacher Conference
Save the date
Don't miss out on upcoming events, all free for members of the Engage Teacher Network.
Autumn term 2025
Engage funding opens for applications.
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