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<p>Since January 2021, one trainee has been awarded a bursary under the Troops to
Teachers undergraduate bursary scheme. As they commenced their course in the 2021/22
academic year, the bursary will be paid in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic years.</p><p>
</p><p>A further two trainees were in receipt of the bursary in the 2020/21 academic
year, with one of these trainees receiving the remainder of their bursary in the 2021/22
academic year. The combined cost to the public purse of these two trainees since the
2020/21 academic year is £60,000. The department cannot disaggregate the exact amount
paid since January 2021 because it makes payments to initial teacher training (ITT)
providers as a proportion of their total funding spread from September to July, rather
than an amount per trainee each month.</p><p> </p><p>The department is currently planning
to publish information on outcomes for ITT trainees in the 2020/21 academic year in
July 2022 which will be available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training</a>.
However, data is not routinely published on Troops to Teachers.</p><p> </p><p>Veterans
who have a degree can and do undertake postgraduate ITT courses, where they can access
the bursaries and scholarships of up to £26,000 available on these routes into teaching.</p><p>
</p><p>The department is committed to further promoting opportunities for service
leavers to get into teaching. Many veterans already utilise department services to
support service leavers into ITT each year. As part of the cross-government Veterans’
Strategy Action Plan: 2022-2024, the department has committed to increase collaboration
with the Ministry of Defence to promote opportunities for service leavers to get into
teaching, increasing signposting, events and communications tailored to veterans.
The department also encourages them to take up services we offer such as ‘get school
experience’ and our ‘teacher training advisers’ service that will help them towards
a career in teaching.</p>
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