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A range of incentives and financial support are available both during and after your training.

All financial support is subject to conditions and although you are not guaranteed funding, you may be eligible for financial support for:

Undergraduate initial teacher training – this includes the BEd, BA with qualified teacher status (QTS) and BSc with QTS

Postgraduate initial teacher training – this includes the postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) and school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT)

Employment based initial teacher training – this includes the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) and the Overseas Trained Teacher Programme (OTTP)

If you are planning to take out a loan to help finance your training, you can calculate an estimate of your loan repayments by visiting the Directgov website and selecting 'Teacher' from the list of careers.