Overview

The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship is an employment-based initial teacher training (ITT) route leading to qualified teacher status (QTS).).

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Additional grant funding

Schools in a school direct partnership can access additional grant funding to offerhelp meet the costs of the apprentice’s salary.

Requirements for providers

Eligibility

You can only provide the postgraduate apprenticeship training if youyou’re:

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EndApprenticeship point assessmentagreement

Before the apprenticeship starts, you must:

• obtain evidence that the apprentice has an apprenticeship agreement with the employer
• have a commitment statement with the apprentice and the employer

More information about the apprenticeship agreement is available in the funding rules for providers.

Funding

You must arrangeagree the apprentice’stotal end-pointcost assessment.of the apprenticeship training and assessment with the employer.

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There is a completion element to showthe funding. 20% of the total training cost or the funding band maximum (whichever is lower) will be withheld until the apprentices complete their readinessend-point assessment (EPA). For more detailed information, please refer to teach.the ESFA’s funding rules for providers.

Training and assessment costs

Levy paying schools

YouLevy paying schools can use up to £9,000 of their apprenticeship service account to cover training and assessment costs for each apprentice they employ. This will onlybe paid directly to you from the employer’s apprenticeship service account.

Non-levy paying schools and schools with insufficient funds

These schools are eligible to get fullfunding paymentthrough whengovernment-employer co-investment. We will pay 95% of the apprenticetraining hascosts completedand the end-pointschool assessment.will pay 5% of the total negotiated training cost up to £9,000 for apprenticeships started on or after April 2019.

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To teacherget trainingpermission coursesto (Find)recruit contact us at becomingateacher@digital.education.gov.uk.

CandidatesYou must have permission to recruit before you advertise.

You do not need permission to recruit if you do not want DfE funding.

You’ll be expected to make requests for permission to recruit for other schools in your partnership. You can thendo usethis ourusing the DTTP.

Advertise courses

Courses are listed in Find andpostgraduate Applyteacher servicestraining tocourses, DfE’s online search service for potential teachers.

You need to register as a provider using the ‘Publish postgraduate teacher training courses service’, the provider-facing part of the ‘Find’ service. On ‘Publish’, providers can list courses, change contact details and applyupdate tolocations. them.To register, and for any queries about this service, please contact becomingateacher@digital.education.gov.uk.

If you’re already registered on Publish,‘Publish’, you can list your courses using your your DfE sign-in account.

You can also putplace an advert on Recruit an apprentice. It will not affect your funding if you do not do this.

ContactGrant funding agreements (GFA)

Grant funding agreements are for lead schools with permission to recruit.

Email ITTYou’ll only get your grant funding once you have a GFA.engagement@education.gov.uk  towith discussus.

These thesteps postgraduateshow teachingyou apprenticeshiphow route.you can get your GFA.

1. Email becomingateacher@digital.education.gov.ukApply for grant apprenticeship funding using the DTTP.

2. Complete the grant offer letter (GOL) that we will send you following your application for funding, including the highlighted sections and the signature of your accounting officer.

3. Return your GOL to GFA.ittfunding@education.gov.uk.

4. Keep ifthe countersigned GOL we send to you haveas this is part of your GFA and contains important terms and conditions.

Lead schools

You can apply for grant apprenticeship funding at any questionstime aboutin advertisingthe courses.year if you are a lead school.