Funding
Tuition Fee and Maintenance Loans
Overview
- a Tuition Fee Loan is available to cover course costs – if you take one out, you don’t have to pay your course costs upfront
- a Maintenance Loan is available to help with living costs
- it doesn’t matter if you already have a student loan – you can still apply for both these loans to support your teacher training
- you will only start making repayments when you earn over the threshold
- if you have a student loan already, taking out a further loan for your teacher training will not see your monthly repayments increase
How to apply
Once you’ve accepted your place on a non-salaried teacher training course, you can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan and a Maintenance Loan via Student Finance England (SFE).
Scholarships & Bursaries
You may be eligible for a bursary or scholarship when training to teach. These are tax-free amounts of money you receive to train in certain subjects. You do not need to pay them back.
Your bursary or scholarship will be paid in a minimum of 10 equal monthly instalments over the duration of your course by your teacher training provider.
2023-24 Scholarships & Bursaries
| Subject | Bursary | Scholarship |
| Biology | £20,000 | |
| Chemistry | £27,000 | £29,000 |
| Computing | £27,000 | £29,000 |
| Design & Technology | £20,000 | |
| English | £15,000 | |
| Geography | £25,000 | |
| Languages (French, German, Spanish) | £25,000 | £27,000 |
| Maths | £27,000 | £29,000 |
| Physics | £27,000 | £29,000 |
*2024/25 bursaries to be released soon*
