Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 58473

Teachers: Training

Tabled: 9 June 2025

Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of using degree classification as an eligibility criterion for teacher training bursaries in shortage subjects.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

Initial teacher training (ITT) bursaries are designed to incentivise more applications to ITT courses from high-achieving graduates. As such, for postgraduate bursaries, we take account of the grade of the trainee’s highest academic qualification. These b...

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