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Initial teacher training reform funding guidance: 2024 to 2025

Funding available to training providers and placement schools for initial teacher training (ITT) in 2024 to 2025.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Education
Published:
15 May 2023
Last updated:
28 November 2024
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  1. Added 'General mentor training: additional guidance' to explain how placement schools can apply for a training grant, and the assurance activities providers and placement schools need to undertake. Updated 'Initial teacher training (ITT): reform funding guidance' to correct minor formatting issues.

  2. ‘Initial teacher training (ITT): reform funding guidance' and 'Conditions of grant: general mentor training grant' updated to reflect changes to the ITT general mentor training time requirements.

  3. Updated 'Initial teacher training (ITT): reform funding guidance' and 'Conditions of grant: general mentor training grant' documents with information on when the claims service will open.

  4. In the reform funding guidance, we have updated information about the 3 delivery grants. We have also removed a section on the set-up grant, which was out of date. We have added 2 new documents which show the conditions that providers and schools must meet when using the 3 delivery grants.

  5. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Initial teacher training (ITT): reform funding guidance

PDF, 455 KB, 27 pages

Conditions of grant: lead mentor and mentor leadership team grant, and intensive training and practice grant

PDF, 286 KB, 19 pages

Conditions of grant: general mentor training grant

PDF, 358 KB, 13 pages

General mentor training: additional guidance

PDF, 185 KB, 11 pages

Details

This guidance is for grants provided in the academic year 2024 to 2025. Initial teacher training reform funding guidance: 2025 to 2026 covers grants provided in 2025 to 2026.

Providers and schools can apply for funding to support the new ITT quality requirements that came into effect in the 2024 to 2025 academic year.

This funding is to support with:

  • the set-up cost of ITT courses
  • establishing the new lead mentor role
  • creating and delivering intensive training and practice
  • the cost to train general mentors

The reform funding guidance document explains:

  • the grant funding available
  • who is eligible for funding
  • what you can spend the funding on
  • how and when to apply

Additional documents set out the conditions of using the grant funding and provide further information about general mentor training.

Guidance on forming partnerships to provide ITT is available.

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