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Postgraduate teaching apprenticeships: funding manual

Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship funding manual for initial teacher training (ITT) places for schools and ITT providers.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Education
Published:
18 December 2018
Last updated:
11 May 2026
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  1. Improved clarity in the 'End-point assessment' section by removing a reference to 2 components.

  2. Added the funding manual for 2026 to 2027. This includes new financial incentives for this academic year.

  3. Updated title and link from: "A fairer approach to awarding QTS to overseas teachers" to "Overseas trained teachers: apply for qualified teacher status in England".

  4. Updated the 'Conditions of grant' section of the 2025 to 2026 funding manual. An apprentice on a full-time postgraduate teaching apprenticeship should be employed full-time for a minimum of 9 months.

  5. Added 'Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship funding manual: 2025 to 2026 academic year'.

  6. Added 'Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship funding manual: 2024 to 2025 academic year'.

  7. Added 'Postgraduate teaching apprenticeships funding manual: 2023 to 2024 academic year'.

  8. Updated the list of eligible subjects in 'Initial teacher training bursaries funding manual: 2022 to 2023 academic year' to include engineering and food technology as part of design and technology.

  9. Added 'Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship funding manual: 2022 to 2023 academic year'.

  10. Added an updated link to the funding guidance and added 'Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship funding manual: 2021 to 2022 academic year'.

  11. Updated the 2020 to 2021 manual to set out that trainees must also demonstrate they meet the degree standard before 30 November 2020.

  12. Added 'Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship funding manual 2020 to 2021 academic year'.

  13. Updated 'Conditions of grant' in the 2019 to 2020 funding manual.

  14. Updated 2019 to 2020 funding manual: added information about apprentice start date and when we will pay the first postgraduate teacher apprenticeship grant payment.

  15. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship funding manual: 2026 to 2027 academic year

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Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship funding manual: 2025 to 2026 academic year

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Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship funding manual: 2024 to 2025 academic year

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Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship funding manual: 2023 to 2024 academic year

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Details

These funding manuals provide information to schools and ITT providers on postgraduate teaching apprenticeship grant funding in England, including:

  • criteria and requirements
  • funding rates and funded subjects
  • how payments are made
  • reconciliation, assurance and audit

The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship is an ITT route that combines paid work with off-the-job training, qualifications and progression. It allows candidates to train to become qualified teachers.

ITT funding rates and guidance for schools and ITT providers are available.

Previous versions of the manual are available in the National Archives.

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