Funding my training

There are two types of funding available for primary teacher training and depending on your circumstances, you could receive both:

• Tuition Fee Loan and Maintenance Loan
• Extra financial support if you're a parent, have an adult dependant or a disability 

You can use the student finance calculator to estimate your entitlement to loans and extra support.

Alternatively, you can pay your tuition fee to us directly – either in full or by spreading the cost in 3 termly instalments.

What do your tuition fees cover?

• training costs – core training and subject knowledge training delivered by a range of experts.
• placement costs – payments are paid to the school for having you.
• assessment costs – assessment visits and assignments.
• tutor support and visits – your PGCE is gained from University of Suffolk.

What are the benefits of the tuition fee route?

• You are not employed by your placement school so you have a different role in the school. You are not responsible for the progress and the attainment of classes from the start of the course.
• You will always have an experienced teaching professional in the class with you providing you with formal and informal feedback about your progress.
• Your teaching timetable is gradually increased and personalised at a pace which is appropriate for you. 
• You will be registered as a student at University of Suffolk and that will provide with you all the benefits of being a student- reduced travel costs and council tax; discounts in retail stores etc. More details about benefits of being enrolled as a student at University of Suffolk can be found here.

How do you repay the loan of the tuition fees? 

Your loan repayments depend on how much you earn – not on how much you have borrowed. 

If you do not already have a student loan, or you took one out on or after 1 September 2012, you are only required to make repayments when you are earning over £26,575. Your repayments will not increase if you take out a loan for teacher training.

If you took out a student loan before 1 September 2012, you are only required to make repayments when you are earning over £19,390. Your repayments will not increase if you take out a loan for teacher training.

The table below shows your monthly repayments if you've no previous student loan or if you have a loan taken out from 2012 or later. If you have a student loan from before 2012, your monthly repayments will be different from the below.