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Fees and Funding

Funding is available to help you train to teach.  You can apply for:

  • A tuition fee loan to cover your teacher training
  • A maintenance loan to help with living costs

You can still apply for a tuition fee and maintenance loan if you already have a student loan, regardless of whether you get a teaching bursary or scholarship. You will only have to make loan repayments once you are earning.  Your repayments will not increase if you already have a student loan and take an additional loan for teacher training. 

NON-UK Citizens

If you are not a UK citizen, you are unlikely to get help funding your training unless you have permission to live permanently in the UK, for example under the EU Settlement Scheme, or are training to teach languages or physics.  You will also need to ensure that you eet the other eligibility requirements.

Course Fees

We offer PGCE plus QTS and a QTS only programme.  All of our courses are available on a full-time or part-time basis.

PGCE plus QTS, full-time :   £9,250

QTS only, full-time:               £9,250

QTS only, part-time:             £8,500

Bursaries

You may be eligible for a Bursary.  These are tax-free amounts of money you receive to train in certain subjects.  You do not need to pay them back.  Your bursary will be paid in a minimum of 10 monthly instalments over the duration of your course. 

You must be eligible for student finance to receive a bursary (unless you are teaching languages or Physics)

The subjects that qualify for a bursary are released in October every year.  Below is a list of the subjects for 2024/2025.

Subject Bursary Amount 
Art and Design £10,000
Biology £25,000
Chemistry £28,000
Computing £28,000
Design and Technology £25,000
English £10,000
Geography £25,000
Languages (French,German,Spanish) £25,000
Languages (other) £25,000
Mathematics £28,000
Music £10,000
Physics £28,000
Religious Education £10,000

 

Scholarships

To be eligible for a scholarship you will need at least one of the following:

 

  • a batchelor's degree class 2:1 (honours) or above
  • a master's degree 
  • a PhD

In exceptional circumstances, if you achieved a 2:2 in your degree you may still be awarded a scholarship if you have significant relevant experience.

As well as fiancial support, as a scholar you will enjoy a range of additional benefits, including:

  • acces to subject specialist events and webinars held by professional bodies
  • online and face-to-face workshops across the ocuntry
  • sibject specialist mentors and coaching
  • a community of ex-scholars, teachers and subject leaders
  • access to classroom resources
  • networking events during your teacher training year and beyond.

Subjects where a scholarship is available are listed below for 2024/2025

Subject Scholarship Amount
Chemistry £30,000
Computing £30,000
Languages (French, German, Spanish) £27,000
Mathematics £30,000
Physics £30,000