Sheffield Hallam University is running a tutoring and mentoring programme aimed at talented university students who have the potential to become leaders in teaching.

The course is being run with support from Hull and Huddersfield Universities and the Teach First charity which aims to attract students who have not considered teaching as a career. Similar courses have already been successful in London, the Midlands and the North West.

Sheffield Hallam's regional training provider Terry Hudson said: "We are really excited to have the opportunity to raise aspirations and achievement at schools in Yorkshire's challenged communities."

The new teachers will begin working in schools in deprived areas of West and South Yorkshire from September. Teach First classes deprived schools as those where more than a third of pupils receive free school meals or where only a quarter of pupils achieve five A* to C GCSE grades, including English and maths.