Published 26 May 2021
Last updated 17 April 2023 — See all updates
Contents
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About TTF
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Financial incentive for
TTF recruits
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Eligibility for TTF
2023
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How to register
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Taking Teaching Further (TTF) is a programme that
supports further education (FE) providers to recruit and provide
early career support to those with relevant knowledge and
industry experience to retrain as FE teachers.
TTF 2023 registrations are now open. FE providers can register
until 30 November 2023, and successfully registered providers can
register recruits until 31 January 2024.
This page is for FE
providers. There is more information about becoming an
FE teacher.
About TTF
The programme aims to support FE providers to recruit highly-skilled
professionals to retrain as FE teachers to deliver high-quality,
work-relevant skills training - particularly in T Levels and
apprenticeships.
Up to £18,200 in grant funding is available to providers over 2
financial years per eligible recruit. Funding is provided to
cover:
- the cost of undertaking a teaching qualification – a level 5
Diploma in Education and Training (DET), or higher
- costs of additional teacher time to provide the recruit with
intensive support - for example through team teaching, work
shadowing and mentoring arrangements
- costs to cover the recruit having a reduced teaching
timetable over the 2 years of the programme
Financial incentive for TTF recruits
In addition to the funding and support FE providers will receive, the
Department for Education (DfE) is piloting a new
financial incentive for TTFrecruits who are recruited to
teach in some of the most hard-to-fill subjects:
- digital
- construction and the built environment
- engineering and manufacturing
- maths
This incentive payment is for eligible recruits. They will
receive:
- £3,000 at the end of the first year of the programme
- £3,000 at the end of the second year of the programme
Places on the financial incentive pilot are limited, so it is
important you inform us about a recruit as soon as possible
following successful recruitment.
There is more information on TTF and the financial incentive
pilot in the TTFprogramme guidance.
Eligibility for TTF 2023
TTF is open to
eligible FE providers through 2 routes.
- Route 1 is open to general FE colleges, sixth-form colleges,
land-based colleges and institutes of adult learning
- Route 2 is open to independent training providers, employer
providers, third sector training providers, local authority
providers, adult and community learning providers, and specialist
post-16 institutions
There is more information on each of the application routes in
the corresponding guidance documents.
Taking Teaching Further
2023 college guidance: route 1
Taking Teaching Further
2023 provider guidance: route 2
