Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 58474

Teachers: Training

Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the completion of a Subject Knowledge Enhancement course is considered as part of the eligibility criteria for postgraduate teacher training bursaries.

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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