Bursary level awarded

All students.

This field records the training bursary awarded to the student. Bursary levels will vary according to the level of study of the student, their degree classification if applicable and the subject specialism in which they wish to train to teach.

A postgraduate student will only hold one bursary. Undergraduate students on a course in maths, physics, or maths and physics which leads to QTS can qualify for an 'Undergraduate bursary' (code B).

Further guidance on the types of bursary, and the amounts available, may be found in the DfE's 'Training Bursary Guide'.

Bursaries at undergraduate level

Code B ‘Undergraduate bursary’ is currently the only bursary available to those studying at undergraduate level, if the qualification is in the subject of maths, physics or maths and physics (or additionally computing and languages if the student is on an Undergraduate Opt-in programme) and leads to qualified teacher status (QTS).

This bursary is awarded in the final (or penultimate and final) year of the student’s course, but it is expected the valid entry will be returned in every year for the student to be eligible.

Undergraduate Opt-In

The Undergraduate bursary is applicable to students choosing to undertake the Undergraduate Opt-in scheme (Student.ENTRYRTE=09). These are students who have chosen to ‘opt-in’ to an ITT course leading to QTS who would then be eligible to receive an Undergraduate bursary in their final (or penultimate and final) year of an Undergraduate course. Those students opting in to a Bachelor’s course will be entitled to a £9,000 bursary, Master’s opt-in students will be entitled to an £18,000 bursary.

They will need to be returned in the ITT record from the year they commence an ITT course. Providers will need to ensure that the correct Student.YEARPRG is returned to reflect this, which will indicate the number of years the student has been studying an Undergraduate course for.

The table below contains examples of how Undergraduate Opt-in students would be coded.

Troops to Teachers undergraduate bursary

Code C label updated from Service Leaver bursary to Troops to Teachers undergraduate bursary for the C22053 collection, there has been no change in the meaning of the code.

This valid entry has been added to record where an undergraduate trainee has left full time employment in the British Army, Royal Air Force or Royal Navy within 5 years of beginning the programme and meets other associated funding eligibility criteria. The Troops to Teachers undergraduate bursary will be paid to eligible trainees in the final two years of their programme. However, this valid entry should be returned in all years of the trainee’s ITT course in order to capture their eligibility to receive it. For example, if an eligible trainee is on a 2-year programme then they will be paid the bursary for both years of the programme, whereas if they are on a 4-year programme they will only be paid for the final two years.

Funding - Trainees must meet UK Student Finance eligibility criteria. They don’t necessarily need to have applied for Student Finance but they must be eligible to receive it.

Veterans eligible for Bursary - Have left the services in the last 5 years at the start point of their undergraduate degree with QTS are eligible to receive the bursary

Subjects eligible for the bursary

• 101117 - Ancient Hebrew
• 100343 - Applied Biology
• 101038 - Applied Chemistry
• 100358 - Applied Computing
• 101060 - Applied Physics
• 101192 - Arabic Languages
• 100346 - Biology
• 100417 - Chemistry
• 101165 - Chinese Languages
• 101126 - Classical Greek studies
• 100366 - Computer Science
• 100150 - Construction and the built environment
• 100048 - Design
• 100381 - Environmental sciences
• 101017 - Food and beverage studies
• 100321 - French Language
• 100184 - General or integrated engineering
• 100409 - Geography
• 100323 - German Language
• 100372 - Information Technology
• 100326 - Italian Language
• 101169 - Japanese Language
• 101420 - Latin Language
• 100202 - Manufacturing engineering
• 100225 - Materials science
• 100403 - Mathematics
• 100329 - Modern Languages
• 100425 - Physics
• 101142 - Portuguese Language
• 100050 - Product design
• 100209 - Production and manufacturing engineering
• 100330 - Russian Languages
• 100332 - Spanish Language
• 100406 - Statistics
• 100214 - Textiles technology
• 100333 - Welsh Language