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Government Funding for our Postgraduate Courses

The Department of Children, Schools and Families (DSCF) has announced funding towards training of specialist teachers. This funding will be available to all eligible students on our Postgraduate courses. It does not, however, cover the full course fee. Please click to read more about the course fee.  The March 2011 courses will be the final courses which will attract this funding.

Funding eligibility criteria (February 2010 onwards)
In order to meet the funding criteria, all applicants must:

Hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and have completed their induction year;

AND Be working in England OR, if between posts, be living in England.

Wales, Scotland and Ireland are not eligible for Government funding under this particular scheme.

If working:

  • They must be employed within a mainstream school, a Local Authority Support Service or the Voluntary sector in England.
  • They must be working in the state school sector. Please note that further education, higher education or independent schools are not eligible for Government funding under this particular scheme;
  • They must obtain a letter of support from their Head Teacher or Manager/Senior LA Officer, confirming their professional and personal suitability, their commitment to successfully completing the training and their ability to deploy their specialist skills and knowledge post training.

If between posts or returning to work:

  • They must be living and intending to work in England;
  • They must obtain a letter of support from a former Head Teacher or Manager, confirming their professional and personal suitability, their commitment to successfully completing the training and their ability to deploy their specialist skills and knowledge post-training.

Application process

You can read more about the application process here.  The next course will start in March 2011 and you are advised to apply early as places are limited.  Please submit your application form to us initially and once we have reviewed it we will send you details of how to apply for the funding.
 
 Background information
The funding announcement was in response to the Rose report, entitled Identifying and Teaching Children and Young People with Dyslexia and Literacy Difficulties (Published 22 June 2009), recommended that the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DSCF) should fund a number of teachers to undertake appropriately accredited specialist training in teaching children with Dyslexia-SpLD.