Birmingham: not only is it the hometown of Ozzy Osbourne – and therefore heavy metal – but it’s also home to another estimated 1,085,400 people, making it the most populated city in the UK outside London. Clearly, there must be a lot of good things going on to keep that many citizens living and working in the capital of the Midlands… so let’s find out what they are.

There’s plenty more to this sector than being a classroom teacher. 

As the training can be quite expensive, one of the main considerations is how you will fund it. The good news is that there are financial incentives to encourage graduates to teach shortage subjects such as biology and geography; chemistry; computing; languages; maths; physics.