Teacher training students
Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses are treated similarly to undergraduate courses for fees and funding purposes. This means postgraduate students can apply for the same student loans and bursaries as undergraduate students but they will no longer receive grant funding. Read more about this on the Directgov website and details for undergraduate students on the LSBU website.
Tuition Fees
For students joining the course in January 2012 Tuition Fees are £3375. From September 2012 they will be £9,000.
Criminal record check
All entrants to Teacher Training courses are required to undergo an enhanced criminal record check through the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Occupational Health check before they can be admitted to a course. An additional charge of £100 will be made for these processes for September 2012 entrants. This charge is paid by successful applicants when enroling onto the course. It can't be paid for as part of a Tuition Fee loan.
An applicant with a criminal record is not automatically prevented from becoming a teacher. For more information on the CRB and enhanced disclosure call 0870 90 90 811 or visit the Directgov website.
Financial support
Home students are eligible to apply for Student Support funding via Student Finance England for tuition fee loans up to a maximum of £9,000. Other details of financial support available to PGCE students, routes to teacher training and how to apply for financial support are available at the Training and Development Agency for Schools website.
Training bursaries are available from The Training and Development Agency (TDA) and entitlement depends on the applicant's degree classification. For primary education courses, students with a First Class degree receive a bursary of £9,000 and those with a 2:1 degree are entitled to £5000. Applicants for secondary mathematics with a First Class degree receive £20,000, £15,000 for those with a 2:1 and £12,000 for those with a 2:2.
Full details of this are on the TDA website.
