People with the potential to become teachers are being offered bursaries and scholarships worth up to £31,000 to train to teach in subjects including chemistry, maths, physics, and computing, which will help boost outcomes for young people across the country.
As part of the package announced on Monday (6 October), bursaries for teacher trainees in further education will also be available, with £31,000 for those teaching in key shortage STEM subjects, £15,000 for SEND-specialist trainees, and £10,000 for those training to teach English.
This reflects the importance that the government places on supporting colleges and other FE institutions to train and recruit high-quality teachers.
Government will also offer schools up to £29,000 to cover the cost of training apprentices in mathematics, chemistry, physics, and computing, as well as £20,000 in modern foreign languages, meaning apprentices pay nothing for their training and will earn a salary while they are training before moving on to a qualified teacher salary.
Data shows that more than one in ten maths lessons in the last year was taught by a non-specialist teacher, whilst only 72.2% of physics lessons were taught by a teacher with a relevant post A-level qualification.
“Inspirational teachers changed my life and change the lives of millions of children every day – this government is determined that we have more brilliant teachers, in more schools, improving the life chances of more children and young people,” said Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson
“Through our Plan for Change we’ve already begun to move the dial, with more teachers in our schools this year than last, and big increases in people accepting teaching training places in subjects including chemistry, physics, and maths.”
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