Funding is available to help you train to teach if you choose a course that has tuition fees. You may be eligible for a student loan to cover the cost of your tuition fees or to help with your living costs.
You can still apply for a tuition fee loan and a maintenance loan if:
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you also get a teaching bursary or scholarship
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you’ve previously applied for and received a student loan
You’ll only have to make loan repayments once you’re earning.
You do not need to wait until you have a confirmed offer for a teacher training course to apply for student funding.
If you choose a teacher training course that has a salary you’re not eligible for any student finance.
Tuition fee loan
From autumn 2025, the maximum fees that providers can charge for postgraduate teacher training courses have increased. This means the amount you can apply to borrow to cover tuition fees has also increased. The increased amounts are shown on this page.
You can apply for a tuition fee loan to cover the cost of your postgraduate teacher training course. If you’re eligible for a tuition fee loan, the amount you borrow is paid directly to your course provider.
The maximum tuition fee loan for postgraduate teacher training for a UK applicant is:
- £9,535 per year for a full-time course
- £7,145 per year for a part-time course
The maximum amount you can borrow depends on how much your course costs.
Tuition fee loans are not means tested. So you do not need to provide evidence of your income or anyone else’s to be eligible to receive one.
Maintenance loan
From autumn 2025, the maximum maintenance loan amounts have increased. The increased amounts are shown on this page.
You may also be eligible for a maintenance loan to help cover your living costs.
The maximum amount you may be eligible to borrow is:
- £8,877 if you live at home with your parents
- £10,544 if you live away from home and are studying outside of London
- £13,762 if you live away from home and are studying in London
- £4,461 if you’re 60 years or over on the first day of the first academic year of your course
Use the student finance calculator on GOV.UK to get an estimate of how much funding you might get.
Check your eligibility for a bursary or scholarship
You may also be eligible for a tax-free bursary or scholarship, depending on the subject you’re training to teach.
You do not have to pay a bursary or scholarship back. You can get a bursary or scholarship as well as any tuition fee loan and maintenance loan.
Find out if you’re eligible for a bursary or scholarship.
If you’re from Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Crown Dependencies
You’ll need to contact your country’s student finance body to find out about your eligibility for funding if you live in Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland.
Find out about student finance across the UK:
- Student Finance Wales website
- Student Awards Agency Scotland website
- Student Finance Northern Ireland website
Or, you’ll need to contact the education authority if you live in Jersey, Guernsey, or the Isle of Man.
Find out about student finance in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man:
- student finance guidance from the Government of Jersey
- student finance guidance from the States of Guernsey
- student awards guidance from the Isle of Man Government website
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