Funding available to help further education (FE) providers attract high-quality individuals into the teaching profession in the FE sector in certain defined subject areas.
In the 2022 to 2023 academic year, the Department for Education (DfE) is making available a package of support to help further education (FE) providers attract high-quality individuals into the teaching profession in the FE sector in certain defined subject areas.
This package includes FE initial teacher education (ITE) bursaries to support pre-service training of teachers in priority areas.
The fund will provide bursaries for the following ITE programmes:
- Computing
- Engineering (and/or manufacturing)
- English (capped at 100 awards in the 2022 to 2023 academic year)
- Mathematics
- Science (including biology, chemistry and/or physics)
- Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
Funding will not be provided for any subjects that are not included in this list.
Further Education ITE providers are eligible to apply. Applications from individual trainees are not accepted.
The level of bursary available varies depending on the subject. These are as follows:
- Mathematics - £26,000
- Science, including biology, chemistry, and/or physics - £26,000
- Engineering (and/or manufacturing) - £26,000
- Computing - £26,000
- Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) - £15,000
- English (capped at 100 places) - £15,000.
Awards will be made from a finite funding pot on a first-come-first-served basis.
FE providers can make applications for trainees at any time, either on a case-by-case basis or in batches, ahead of a course starting, by emailing a completed application form to the DfE.
How To Apply
FE providers can make applications for trainees at any time, either on a case-by-case basis or in batches, ahead of a course starting, by emailing a completed application form to [email protected].
FE providers will need to submit trainee and course data when seeking confirmation of bursary availability, ahead of receiving any confirmation. After this they will receive a grant funding agreement (GFA), which they should sign and return to the DfE as soon as possible after receipt, to allow for prompt processing.
GFAs must be approved by the DfE and payment details must be on the DfE’s system before August 2022 to ensure payments can be made from September.
For more information, visit the GOV website.
Addresses and contacts
For further information on how to obtain this grant locally, please contact the following:
- Enquiries
Department for Education (DfE)
Email: [email protected]