Apply to offer the secondary maths teacher degree apprenticeship pilot
Initial teacher training providers and degree-awarding institutions can apply to offer the pilot secondary mathematics teacher degree apprenticeship.
Applies to England
We’re developing a new route into teaching - the teacher degree apprenticeship. It will be a high-quality initial teacher training (ITT) course. Apprentices will get an undergraduate degree alongside qualified teacher status (QTS).
We’re inviting applications from providers and partnerships to take part in a funding pilot for the secondary mathematics teacher degree apprenticeship. Successful providers will:
- design teacher degree apprenticeship courses in secondary mathematics
- partner with employing schools to deliver the teacher degree apprenticeship
Schools that employ trainees as part of the pilot will receive financial incentives to support with trainee salary costs. This is to cover the proportion of time trainees will spend studying towards their qualification. This funding is available for up to 150 trainees in total.
Employers will also have access to the apprenticeship levy to fund training and assessment costs for the teacher degree apprenticeship.
What you’ll get
We’ll provide grant funding for successful applicants of up to £12,500 per provider or partnership. This is to support with course development costs.
If successful, we’ll put you in contact with a named Department for Education (DfE) official. They can help with general queries and any concerns.
Eligibility
To apply for the pilot, an organisation or partnership must:
- be an existing provider we’ve accredited to deliver ITT leading to QTS
- be a degree-awarding institution
- be on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register at the point of application
- already be offering mathematics ITT courses and undergraduate mathematics degree courses
You can also be in a partnership with an accredited ITT provider or a degree-awarding institution. If you’re applying as a partnership, both organisations must already be on the apprenticeship provider and assessment register.
Providers should have an Ofsted inspection rating of 1 (outstanding) or 2 (good) for your secondary QTS provision.
What’s involved
We expect the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education to publish the teacher degree apprenticeship standard in spring 2024. We can share a draft version of the standard in advance on request. You’ll be able to start recruiting trainees from autumn 2024. The first training year will start in autumn 2025.
You’ll need to:
- create a secondary mathematics teacher degree apprenticeship course incorporating the ITT core content framework which:
- meets the ITT criteria
- allows trainees to gain an undergraduate degree and meet the teachers’ standards
- make best efforts to recruit at least 25 trainees per provider or partnership onto the pilot
- build a network of schools to employ teacher degree apprenticeship trainees to start from autumn 2025
- ensure trainees can feed back on the programme and share this information with DfE
- award an undergraduate degree and QTS to all trainees who have met the teachers’ standards at the end of the course
Schools will employ teacher degree apprenticeship trainees for the whole of the 4-year course. We expect that trainees on this course will spend an average of approximately 40% of their working week at university studying towards their qualification. Schools that employ trainees as part of the pilot will receive financial incentives to support with trainee salary costs to cover the time they will spend at university.
Timelines for pilot programme
| Action | Date |
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| Applications for the pilot close | 11:59pm on Monday 11 March 2024 |
| Providers informed of application outcomes | by Monday 18 March 2024 |
| Course development grant payment is made | from 18 March 2024 |
| Providers must develop and publish their course outlines | before starting candidate recruitment |
| Providers begin to recruit candidates | from autumn 2024 |
| Providers start pilot courses | autumn 2025 |
Reporting requirements
We’ll meet with pilot providers regularly to discuss:
- course development and a plan for how you’ll deliver the apprenticeship
- candidate recruitment
- the status of employing school partnerships
- feedback from trainees once training has started
We’ll discuss and confirm specific requirements with successful pilot providers.
Apply to be a pilot provider
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The individual in your organisation who has overall responsibility for your ITT provision signs the application form.
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Email your signed application forms to itt.engagement@education.gov.uk before 11.59pm on Monday 11 March.
We’re aiming to announce the successful providers in March 2024. We’ll then ask participating providers to sign an agreement for the teacher degree apprenticeship funding pilot.
Contact us
Email itt.engagement@education.gov.uk:
- if you have any questions about the pilot application process
- to request the draft apprenticeship standard
To request the draft apprenticeship standard, you must include:
- your name
- your email address
- the name of your organisation
- the names of people you intend to share this information with