Teacher training bursaries (DfE / Get Into Teaching)

What you get

You get a tax-free bursary of about 5,800 to 34,000 EUR (5,000 to 29,000 GBP), depending on the subject you train to teach. A bursary is a grant you never pay back. Your teacher training provider pays it out over at least 10 months of your course. It comes from the UK Department for Education for people doing postgraduate teacher training in England that leads to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), the qualification you need to teach in state schools. The amounts below apply if you start training between September 2026 and July 2027:

• About 34,000 EUR (29,000 GBP): Chemistry, Computing, Maths, Physics.
• About 23,000 EUR (20,000 GBP): Design and Technology, and languages (French, German, Spanish and all other languages, including ancient languages).
• About 5,800 EUR (5,000 GBP): Biology, Geography.

Many other subjects get no bursary, including English, History, Art, Music, PE, Religious Education, Psychology, general Science and primary teaching. You also cannot hold a bursary and a separate teaching scholarship at the same time.

Who can apply

• Course: You are doing a postgraduate teacher training course in England that leads to QTS, and you pay fees for it (not a salaried training job).
• Subject: You train in one of the bursary subjects above. If your course mixes two subjects, at least half of it must be the bursary subject.
• Qualification: You have at least a bachelor's degree graded 2:2 (honours) or higher, or a master's degree, or a PhD.
• Student finance: You qualify for UK student finance.
• Nationality: You are a UK citizen, an Irish citizen, or a non-UK citizen with permanent residence in the UK (for example through the EU Settlement Scheme or Indefinite Leave to Remain) who also qualifies for student finance.

How to apply

There is no separate application. You apply for a fee-paying postgraduate teacher training course, and your training provider checks whether you qualify for a bursary. If you do, they confirm it in writing before your course starts, and the payments then come automatically. There is no interview or selection panel.

How realistic are your chances?

The bursary is not competitive. There is no jury and no fixed number of places. If you get onto an eligible course in a funded subject and meet the degree and student-finance rules, you receive it automatically. The real filter is your subject: shortage subjects like Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Computing pay the most, while many subjects get nothing at all.