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<p>The Department is committed to ensuring that teaching remains an attractive profession
and that graduates can access high quality teacher training across all subjects. That’s
why in January the Department launched the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy.
Designed collaboratively with the sector, the centrepiece of the strategy is the Early
Career Framework (ECF) which will underpin a fully-funded, two-year support package
for new teachers, providing them with the early career support enjoyed by other top
professionals.</p><p> </p><p>The Government offers student finance for all tuition
fee funded citizenship teacher training courses, including a tuition fee loan which
means that trainee teachers do not need to pay fees upfront. Citizenship trainee teachers
can also apply for a maintenance loan to support their living costs. Those considering
citizenship Initial Teacher Training (ITT) are eligible for one to one support from
Teacher Training Advisers, to guide them through their journey into teaching. They
can access this support by registering with Get into Teaching.</p><p> </p><p>For some
subjects, the Department provide bursaries to incentivise applications. The Department
has had to take difficult decisions about where to focus this bursaries budget. As
schools enter more pupils for English Baccalaureate (EBacc) subjects, it is expected
that there will be more demand for specialist teachers in these subjects. The Department
has therefore focused the bursaries budget on EBacc subjects to secure as many applicants
as possible in the subjects where schools are likely to devote the most teaching time.</p><p>
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