Engage community
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.
4 pm 8 May 2025
Engage Buddies support surgery on delivering CREST Awards
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2-12 June 2025
Engage Teacher Conference, hear from fellow teachers, education experts and more!
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4 pm 3 June 2025
Engage Buddies support surgery on submitting CREST Awards
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Hear from Engage teachers
See what members of our Engage community have to say.
"[The workshops] were really helpful, hearing from others who have done it differently. I combined lots of ideas from different people."
"We used the opportunity to train Teaching Assistants to run after school science clubs."
"I highly value sharing STEM knowledge and experiences with other teachers and educators, knowing about good practices and challenges from other school settings."
"Thanks for organising [the Engage Teacher Conference], what I attended was politely and clearly presented. Everyone seemed genuinely excited and so it had a really inspiring effect on me."
"At times, when [Buddy’s] emails came through, I thought: thank god, someone is thinking about me!"
"Each time I apply for a grant and buy resources it's adding to the science cupboard."
"It's like Christmas opening the boxes - Look we've got everything!"
"I like the idea of empowering teachers across the country to give the best experiences to pupils as possible. "