International relocation payments: guidance for ITT providers
Information for ITT providers and schools about international relocation payments for trainee teachers and teachers of languages and physics from outside the UK.
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Changes to international relocation payment (IRP) eligibility and payments
Teacher trainees in languages or physics who train to teach in the 2024 to 2025 academic year are no longer eligible for the IRP. This applies to all trainees starting courses from 1 July 2024 onwards.
Payments to teachers applying from September 2024 will be split into two £5,000 payments rather than awarded as a single payment of £10,000.
Information for schools and initial teacher training providers about a pilot scheme offering international relocation payments to eligible teachers of languages and physics from outside the UK.
The scheme is running as a pilot in the 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 academic years.
International relocation payments are one of a number of measures announced in the schools white paper Opportunity for all: strong schools with great teachers for your child.
Other measures to attract the best teachers from around the world to come and work in English schools include:
- a new approach to awarding QTS to overseas teachers
- a package of bursaries and scholarships also now available for non-uk candidates in priority subjects
There are also other financial incentives which support recruitment and retention in priority subjects including the levelling up premium.
Updates to this page
Last updated 14
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Expressions of interest in the IRP are now closed.
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Removed information about the 2023 to 2024 application process which has now ended.
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Updated 'International relocation payments' to extend the deadline for users to apply for the international relocation payment.
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Updated with latest application, eligibility and payment details.
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Updated 'International relocation payments': the current application window has now closed and will reopen between 2 April and 31 May 2024.
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Updated with information about the current application window, which is open from 2 January to 29 February 2024.
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Added information about the extension of the IRP pilot for the 2024 to 2025 academic year.
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Updated with information about how to apply for an international relocation payment (IRP). The current application window is open from from 4 September 2023 to 31 October 2023.
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First published.
Update history
2025-04-25 10:00
Updated to show that, for an eligible teacher applying for the first-year instalment of £5000, the closing date of the IRP application window has changed to 30 June 2025.
2024-10-01 23:08
Removed reference to ITT providers and updated contact email on ‘International relocation payments’ HTML.
2024-08-14 15:05
Expressions of interest in the IRP are now closed.
2024-07-12 14:14
Removed information about the 2023 to 2024 application process which has now ended.
2024-04-30 12:54
Updated ‘International relocation payments’ to extend the deadline for users to apply for the international relocation payment.
2024-04-03 12:08
Updated with latest application, eligibility and payment details.
2024-03-01 00:00
Updated ‘International relocation payments’: the current application window has now closed and will reopen between 2 April and 31 May 2024.
2024-01-02 11:00
Updated with information about the current application window, which is open from 2 January to 29 February 2024.
2023-10-10 00:15
Added information about the extension of the IRP pilot for the 2024 to 2025 academic year.
2023-09-04 14:00
Updated with information about how to apply for an international relocation payment (IRP). The current application window is open from from 4 September 2023 to 31 October 2023.
2023-03-06 12:00
First published.