Guidance

Postgraduate teaching apprenticeships: funding manual

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

Applies to England

Documents

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.

Published 18 December 2018
Last updated 22 November 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added 'Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship funding manual: 2024 to 2025 academic year'.

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

  3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  10. First published.