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<p>The Military Ethos in Schools Programme was launched by my right hon. Friend, the
Secretary of State for Education, in 2012. It comprised of three distinct work strands:
the Cadet Expansion Programme, which was run jointly with the Ministry of Defence
to create new cadet units in state schools; Troops to Teachers, to attract ex-service
personnel into teaching; and military ethos alternative provision, which aimed to
raise educational attainment and improve behaviour and attendance for children and
young people at risk of exclusion.</p><p>The Department funded the Troops to Teachers
and military ethos alternative provision work streams. The Troops to Teachers programme
was replaced in 2018 by the Troops to Teachers undergraduate initial teacher training
(ITT) bursary. This bursary offers undergraduate service leavers £40,000 over two
years to train as a secondary school teacher in mathematics, physics, computing or
modern foreign languages. It should be noted that graduate service leavers can complete
postgraduate ITT, therefore data regarding expenditure on the Troops to Teachers undergraduate
ITT bursary does not encompass all service leavers entering teaching.</p><p>The Cadet
Expansion Programme was funded jointly by the Department for Education and the Ministry
of Defence between 2012 to 2015. From 2015 to 2020, the Government used £50 million
of the London Inter-bank Offered Rate funding to further increase the number of cadet
units in schools.</p><p>A yearly breakdown starting from the financial year 2012/13,
detailing all three Military Ethos in Schools Programmes, is provided in the attached
table.</p>
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