You will be able to borrow the full cost of your tuition fee from the Government in the form of a Tuition Fee Loan (subject to eligibility).

You must have submitted a GOV.UK teacher training application before you can apply for loans and grants from the Government. We recommend applying for financial support earlier on, ensuring your application is received and processed in good time.

The funding application process for English-domiciled students is as follows:

• You make your application online to Student Finance England. Please note, for PGCE or Postgraduate Teacher Training student finance purposes, please apply as if you were an undergraduate student rather than for postgraduate funding.
• After you have applied for student funding, you will be able to manage your account online.
• Following the assessment of your application, you will receive a Student Finance Entitlement Letter. This will outline the support you have applied for and what you can expect to receive. You can also view this online.
• If the financial support outlined in your Student Finance Entitlement Letter is not what you anticipated, you can contact us for advice.

Maintenance Loans are available to eligible students joining a PGCE or Postgraduate Teacher Training course.

• Available to help with living costs such as food, accommodation and travel.
• The amount of Maintenance Loan you can apply for is determined by your household income. It is also determined by additional factors such as where you are going to live while you are studying.
• Usually paid in three instalments, directly to your bank or building society account.

You start repaying the total of your student loans from the April after you have completed your course. This is subject to you earning above the current repayment threshold for PGCEs and Postgraduate Teacher Training courses, which is £25,000.

The amount you repay links to your income. Each year, you will expect to repay 9% of your income that is above £25,000. If your income falls below the repayment threshold, you will not have to make repayments until your income rises above this threshold again.

Supplementary grants and allowances

Depending on your circumstances, you may qualify for additional financial support from the Government, including:

• Adult Dependants’ Grant – means-tested support of up to £3,438 a year if you have to care for an adult dependant. This is someone who is not your grown-up child (subject to eligibility).
• Childcare Grant – means-tested support designed to contribute up to 85% towards your childcare costs. If you have a dependent child/children in the care of an Ofsted-registered childcare provider while you study, you may qualify for this grant. Childcare grants for academic year 2024/25 are worth up to a maximum of £193.62 per week for one child only. This goes up to £331.95 per week for two or more children (subject to eligibility).
• Parents’ Learning Allowance – means-tested support of up to £1,963 a year if you have children who are wholly or mainly financially dependent on you.

Taking out student loans and paying the required inflation-based interest is an issue for some students and could be prohibited for religious reasons.

The Government is working towards an alternative Sharia-compliant student finance package for these circumstances. The suggested alternative financial product would result in identical graduate repayments to the current student loan system but would not be interest based.

Further details will come from the Government. In the meantime, you may find it useful to contact a local Imam to discuss Sharia-compliant finance if you have any concerns.

Eligible UK students can expect to qualify for a Department for Education bursary on Edge Hill University’s PGCEs:

• Secondary Computer Science and Information Technology – £28,000 with a first class, 2:1 or 2:2 honours degree, or if you have successfully completed a PhD or Masters award.
• Secondary English – £10,000 with a first class, 2:1 or 2:2 honours degree, or if you have successfully completed a PhD or Masters award.
• Secondary Geography – £25,000 with a first class, 2:1 or 2:2 honours degree, or if you have successfully completed a PhD or Masters award.
• Secondary Mathematics – £28,000 with a first class, 2:1 or 2:2 honours degree, or if you have successfully completed a PhD or Masters award.
• Secondary Religious Education – £10,000 with a first class, 2:1 or 2:2 honours degree, or if you have successfully completed a PhD or Masters award.
• Secondary Science (Biology) – £25,000 with a first class, 2:1 or 2:2 honours degree, or if you have successfully completed a PhD or Masters award.
• Secondary Science (Chemistry) – £28,000 with a first class, 2:1 or 2:2 honours degree, or if you have successfully completed a PhD or Masters award.
• Secondary Science (Physics) – £28,000 with a first class, 2:1 or 2:2 honours degree, or if you have successfully completed a PhD or Masters award.

To be eligible, you must provide evidence that you qualify for financial support under the Student Finance England criteria. If you aren’t taking out a Tuition Fee or Maintenance Loan, you must still prove your eligibility for student finance. We recommend that you still apply for funding with Student Finance England (or equivalent funding body) in these circumstances. In this instance, you should request a £0 Tuition Fee Loan and a £0 Maintenance Loan.

Our Bursary Team will check approved applications and liaise with funding bodies like Student Finance England to check individuals’ eligibility. Without an application approval at the start of the course, this may impact your eligibility for this bursary. It can also also cause delays with payments.

If your undergraduate degree or postgraduate course combines two subjects, for example English and history, at least 50% of the course content must be in your intended PGCE subject to be eligible for a bursary.

Sports Scholarships, worth up to £1,000, reward talent, achievement and dedication in sport and help to enhance your sporting performance.