Boost for teacher training bursaries by up to £10,000 a year

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Boost for teacher training bursaries by up to £10,000 a year

Author: Chloe Smith, Updated: 13 October 2022 11:53

Graduates applying to train as teachers in high priority subjects will see increases to tax-free cash bursaries and scholarships from next year under government plans to recruit and retain top talent.

The government is investing in supporting aspiring teachers starting their training in September 2023, to attract and retain the best talent

in high priority areas, including science, technology and mathematics (STEM) subjects.

Top graduates applying to become teachers will be eligible for bursaries worth up to £27,000 and scholarships worth £29,000 for high priority STEM subjects. £25,000 bursaries and £27,000 scholarships will be offered to future language teachers, up from £10,000 this aca

demic year.

Geography teachers will be eligible for bursaries of £25,000, an increase of £10,000, while biology and design and technology teachers will be eligible for £20,000, increases of £10,000 and £5,000 on this year. Trainee English teachers will be able to receive up to £15,000 tax free.

The package is worth £181 million in total, £52 million extra on the total available this year. The extra funding will make sure there are excellent teachers here in Norwich giving students in our schools the best possible start in life.

The boost in funding to attract trainee teachers comes on top of previous support announced to attract and retain the best teaching talent for schools. Teachers coming from overseas are now eligible for a new relocation premium to teach in high demand subjects, to help cover visas costs and relocation expenses.

Teachers in the first five years of their career teaching mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing in disadvantaged schools are already

able to claim the Levelling Up Premium, worth up to £3,000 tax free.

As MP for Norwich North, ensuring that our young people get the best possible start in life is one of my priorities. To find out more about what action I am taking both in Norwich and Westminster for this work, please visit: https://www.chloesmith.org.uk/myplan/children.

For further information on this announcement, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/boost-for-teacher-training-bursaries-by-up-to-10000-a-year?deliveryName=DM13267

If constituents need to contact me on this matter, or any other issue, please do email me at chloe@chloesmith.org.uk or ring my constituency office on 01603 414756.