Funding: initial teacher training (ITT)
Funding guidance for schools and ITT providers including bursaries, scholarships and salaried route grants.
- From:
- Department for Education
- Published
- 13 October 2020
- Last updated
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10 October 2024
2023— See all updates
Applies to England
Documents
Details
This guidance is for schools and ITT providers delivering ITT courses in England.
It provides information about the funding available for ITT courses including:
- bursaries
- scholarships
- salaried route grants
Each guidance document provides funding information for that specific academic year.
Providers awarded accreditation will be eligible for a one-off initial teacher training (ITT) reform set-up grant in the financial year 2022 to 2023.
Previous versions of the guidance are available on the UK Government Web Archive.
Updates to this page
Last updated 10 October 2024
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Added 'Funding: initial teacher training (ITT), academic year 2025 to 2026'.
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Added 'Funding: initial teacher training (ITT), academic year 2024 to 2025'
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Added 'Funding: initial teacher training (ITT), academic year 2023 to 2024'.
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Added a link to new guidance about the initial teacher training (ITT) reform set-up grant.
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Added 2022 to 2023 guidance.
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Updated with links to the 2021 to 2022 funding manuals which are now available.
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Update history
2026-05-07 17:00
Updated to revise the eligibility in languages and physics for those who do not hold a course offer.
2025-10-07 09:00
Added ‘Funding: initial teacher training (ITT), academic year 2026 to 2027’.
2024-10-10 15:32
Added ‘Funding: initial teacher training (ITT), academic year 2025 to 2026’.
2023-10-10 00:15
Added ‘Funding: initial teacher training (ITT), academic year 2024 to 2025’
2022-10-11 00:15
Added ‘Funding: initial teacher training (ITT), academic year 2023 to 2024’.
2022-05-17 10:50
Added a link to new guidance about the initial teacher training (ITT) reform set-up grant.