No tuition fee loan on salaried school direct?

[Bagforlife123]

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction to find out more information about a bit of an issue I'm having.

I've been offered a place on a salaried Schools Direct Secondary course. While I understood that the salary was instead of the government maintenance loan, the provider has told me that from this year the people on the salaried route aren't entitled to a tuition fee loan either, and so are liable for the nearly £9000 university fee upfront themselves, without access to a student loan.

I'm trying to figure out my options but just can't find information about the change anywhere online! Even the Get Into Teaching website still says that those on the salaried course are entitled to a tuition fee loan. If anyone knows anything about the change or can point me in the direction of where I can read about it to make sure I have it clear in my head I'd be really grateful.

Thank you!

Wow that is shocking, who would pay 9k to become a teacher. Hardly an incentive is it. Hope you manage to get some answers soon but think carefully about paying that upfront.

Seems strange. I was salaried school direct last year, and didn't have to pay any fees at all. Never bothered finding out who did pay though!

It used to be the case that the school paying your salary paid the fee as well.

The funding was very quietly pulled minutes after the UCAS application window opened.

www.google.com/amp/s/schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-forced-to-rethink-teacher-training-after-short-sighted-grant-cut/amp/

I did school direct salaried 5 years ago and I didn’t pay any tuition fees - my employer did. I was a lot cheaper for them than a qualified teacher!

I'm doing it next year too and the school pays the tuition fees. Govt support was pulled as mentioned above so many places were pulled as well. I was rejected from several places simply because they could no longer afford any trainee with a salary and tuition fees. Salaried trainees are not eligible for Student Finance, to add on the PGCE I have to pay £2k.