Fees and funding
There are three types of funding available for teacher training to help you finance your training year:
- Tuition Fee and Maintenance Loan
- Tax-free Bursary or Scholarship
- Extra financial support for parents, those with an adult dependent, or those with a disability
For more information please visit the Get Into Teaching Funding My Teacher Training Pages.
You could get up to £29,000 tax-free while you train in the form of a government teacher training bursary. Your eligibility for, and the amount you can expect to receive, will depend on the subject you choose to teach and your degree classification or highest relevant academic qualification.
For current bursaries please see below:
| Subject | Bursary | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | £29,000 | ||
| Computing | £29,000 | ||
| Mathematics | £29,000 | ||
| Physics | £29,000 | ||
| Languages (French, German and Spanish only) | £20,000 | ||
| Languages (all other languages, including ancient languages) | £20,000 | ||
| Design Technology | £20,000 | ||
| Biology | £5,000 | ||
| English | £5,000 |
Trainees cannot receive both the scholarship and training bursary.
We do not recommend that our Salaried or Apprentice trainees undertake the PGCE because of the additional workload and higher timetable. In exceptional circumstances, we are able to facilitate this but those that do opt into the PGCE are liable to fund the fee privately. The fee for the PGCE is not covered by the employing/placement school, or ourselves. Salaried trainees are not able to apply for a Student Loan to cover this fee.