ENTHUSE Charitable Trust Proposal to The Welcome Trust, May 2021

The ENTHUSE Charitable Trust's charitable purpose is to improve science education, or related subjects, for young people, through the professional development of teachers.

Over the period to 2023, ENTHUSE will: - continue to provide science CPD accessible by all teachers and others from state-funded schools, with a particular focus on engaging schools, colleges, teachers and young people most in need of STEM education support so helping close the achievement gap and promote social mobility while raising standards across the board; - build strong, visionary leadership in STEM teaching across primary, secondary and post-16 settings to achieve sustained system-wide improvement, raising standards and expectations; - encourage a culture of career-long, STEM-specific professional learning across the teaching profession, raising morale, and enhancing retention; - significantly raise awareness among schools, colleges, teachers, young people and families of the value of STEM study and STEM-related research and careers, and of the academic, technical and apprentice routes into those roles.

The ENTHUSE Charitable Trust is seeking a budget of £3.136m, with the deployment of Wellcome funding part of a wider mix of income, aligned to the above priorities.