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Funding and Fees

Tuition Fees

PGCE trainees are required to pay variable or 'top-up' tuition fees. Tuition fees for Home and EU PGCE students will be £3,145 for 2008-09 and is expected to rise in line with other undergraduate tuition fees.

UK Home students are eligible to apply for a student loan to cover the full costs of their tuition fees. Home students are also eligible for a maintenance grant of £1,260 which is non-means tested and to apply for a further £1,575 means tested grant.

UK Home students must apply through their LEA for the student loan to cover their fees and other financial support. Fee payments will be made to your College by the Student Loan Company. Application for tuition fee payment should be made as early as possible after an offer of a PGCE place has been made. All Home students must apply for an LEA assessment in order to confirm their Home student status and so be eligible for a TDA training bursary. This assessment is required even of no student loan application is to be made.

EU students are eligible to apply for a student loan to cover the full costs of their tuition fees. The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) will process applications for support from students from EU countries. Early application is recommended.

Students from overseas (non EU countries) are not usually eligible for tuition fee support, although those resident in the UK for more than 3 years prior to starting the course, should check with their LEA. PGCE tuition fees for overseas students are in the region of £12,219 and we strongly recommend that overseas students contact their prospective college in order to discuss fee arrangements.

In addition students from overseas are not eligible to receive reimbursement for their transport costs.

Training Bursaries

All UK and EU students starting a PGCE course in September 2008 are eligible to receive a training bursary. The amount of the bursary depends upon the age-range and subject in which you are being trained. The salary is paid in monthly instalments for the duration of the course. The following bursaries will be paid for 2008-09:

£4,000 for trainees in Early Years or General Primary

£6,000 for trainees in Secondary Art and Design, Classics, English, English and Drama, Geography and History.

£9,000 for trainees in Secondary Design and Technology, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Music, Religious Education and Science.

Golden Hello

A 'Golden Hello' payment of £5,000 is made to trainees who are teaching Mathematics or Science in a maintained school or a non-maintained special school in England after successfully completing their induction period. Those teaching Design and Technology, Modern Languages, Music or RE are eligible for a £2,500 'Golden Hello' after successful completion of the induction year. Application for Golden Hello can be made after the successful completion of the induction year (the first teaching year following qualification).

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