School Direct, Teach First and postgraduate teacher apprentices

The School Direct, Teach First and postgraduate teacher apprentices teacher training programmes allow you to train as a teacher in academies or local authority-maintained schools while earning a salary. Trainees on the schemes do not qualify for student support or bursaries, but are paid a salary. The salary rate depends on the type of school and, potentially, the subject you are teaching. If you are studying on a School Direct non-salaried scheme, you are funded in the same way as those on PGCE or PGDE courses.