Teaching and education: find graduate jobs, training schemes and placements

Turn your attention to teaching

There are bursaries and scholarships available to help you with the costs of postgraduate teacher training. These can be worth up to as much as £28,000 in England, plus up to £9,000 in early career payments.. You can find out more about this from our advice on funding your teacher training.

The teacher training routes open to you vary across the UK. Our overview of the different ways you can train to become a teacher is a quick guide to the options open to you, including the PGCE and PGDE qualifications and programmes such as Teach First, School Direct, SCITT and the Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship.