If you are starting a PGCE in the 2025/26 academic year, you may be eligible for financial support from the Department for Education. The amount of support depends on the subject you wish to teach and the grade of your highest relevant academic award. Bursary information will be updated for each year of entry and the information on this page may be subject to change. Please check in at the time of your application for current bursary information. For the latest information visit the get into teaching website.

Secondary Education Bursaries

Trainees starting initial teacher training in the 2025/26 academic year may be offered a tax free bursary. You'll need a bachelor's degree grade 2:2 (honours) or higher, a master's degree or a PhD to be eligible for this bursary.

Secondary Education Scholarships

Scholarships are offered by independent institutions.  They set their own eligibility criteria and you apply for a scholarship through the relevant scholarship provider.

Scholarships are usually available to applicants with a first, 2:1, master's degree or PhD, though in exceptional circumstances, they may be awarded to a graduate with a 2:2 and significant relevant experience.  Scholarships also come with a package of additional benefits from the scholarship provider.  Applicants should apply to the relevant scholarship provider; details are available at Get Into Teaching.

Trainees cannot receive both a scholarship and a bursary.

If you are starting an undergraduate course in the 2025/26 academic year in secondary mathematics or physics that leads to the award of QTS, then you may be eligible for a £9,000 bursary in the final year of your course.

In Languages and Physics, trainees starting courses in 2025/26 will not need to be eligible for student finance to be eligible for a bursary or scholarship.  In all other subjects, trainees are only eligible for a bursary or scholarship if they’re entitled to support under the student finance criteria.

Further Education Bursaries

(Information for the 2025/26 academic year is not currently available)

Subjects eligible for a bursary
Further Education bursaries are available in the subjects in this table for courses starting in the 2024 to 2025 academic year.

Early Years Education Bursaries

If you are taking the full time graduate entry course which leads to the award of Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS), you may be entitled to a bursary from the Department for Education.

You'll need a first, 2:1, 2:2, PhD or Master's to be eligible for this bursary.

Non-UK trainees and applicants with a degree from outside of the UK should read Train to teach in England as a non-UK citizen.