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Teacher training bursaries slashed/axed in response to pandemic (but Classics still qualifies)

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noblegiraffe · 13/10/2020 21:29

Next year's teacher training bursaries have been announced and it's clear that they're expecting that there will be a large boost in people applying to teach due to the covid recession.

Bursaries of £24k for secondary maths, physics, chemistry and computer studies students
£10k for MFL and classics
£7k for biology

Other subjects and phases will not be supported.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-initial-teacher-training-itt/funding-initial-teacher-training-itt-academic-year-2021-to-2022

They'd better hope that the increase in recruitment isn't accompanied by a large number of teachers jumping ship in response to how they've been treated by the government, especially as there's a concern there won't be enough experienced teachers available to mentor the bumper crop of trainees.

www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-huge-concerns-over-post-covid-school-mentor-shortage

Also....Classics still on the list. They all ship out to private schools the minute they qualify. The Tories always find money for their mates... Angry

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foxesandsquirrels · 13/10/2020 22:23

Our state school teaches classic and Latin up to GCSE, as do the 4 neighbouring ones. This is the exception not the norm though as far as I can tell and maybe to do with the fact were in London.

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noblegiraffe · 13/10/2020 22:20

I did a thread about the Tory government spending taxpayer money to train classics teachers for the private sector in 2018.

A quote “In 2019-2020 it is estimated that nineteen Classics NQTs will be needed in the state sector. In order to achieve this number, the number of ITT students needed in 2018-2019 is sixty nine.

They are only expecting 27.5% of Classics ITT students to end up working in the state sector as NQTs.”

And let’s face it, they aren’t paying people to train in English or Primary Maths or Design and Technology, so trying to justify spending money on Classics in a recession because a few state schools teach Latin really isn’t going to cut it.

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Aragog · 13/10/2020 22:15

Classics is taught at a couple of the state secondaries near me, As well as the independent schools.

Will Covid really encourage people to want to be teachers?!

borageforager · 13/10/2020 22:06

Can I train as a Classics teacher with my A Level Latin?

Bit gutted though, I’ve been hoping for the £9k bursary I would have had this year to train as an English teacher, would cover the tuition fees at least.

OhCrumbsWhereNow · 13/10/2020 22:01

DD's state comprehensive teaches Latin.

WhenSheWasBad · 13/10/2020 21:41

I’m pretty appalled Classics is on there. I’ve never seen classics taught anywhere other than Private schools.

Also loads of Biologists (and chemists) teach Physics.

PineappleUpsideDownCake · 13/10/2020 21:38

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