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Taking Teaching Further (TTF) is a 2-year 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 funding is available for new further education teachers who will teach across the 15 technical routes. These routes have been aligned to T Levels and technical qualifications approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE).

Funding is also available to support recruits who will:

• teach English, maths, or science
• provide support to students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

Available funding

Providers can apply for funding of either 15,200 or 21,200 per recruit, depending on the teacher training route taken. This funding is to cover the cost of an early career support package, including a reduced timetable, for new teaching recruits taking either:

• an Ofqual-regulated, classroom-based teaching qualification at level 5 or higher
• the learning and skills teacher apprenticeship

Guidance and eligibility for TTF 2024

TTF 2024 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

For TTF 2024, we have made changes to the delivery model, which will reduce the administrative burden on colleges and providers.

There is more information on each of the application routes and the changes to the delivery model in the corresponding guidance documents:

• Taking Teaching Further 2024 guidance: route 1 (PDF, 256 KB, 20 pages)
• Taking Teaching Further 2024 guidance: route 2 (PDF, 272 KB, 19 pages)

Upcoming webinars

We will be hosting webinars for FE colleges and providers to talk through the changes to this years TTF round and ask any questions you may have.You will need to register for these webinars by 5pm on Monday 6 May:

• Route 1 webinar: 10:30am to midday on Monday 13 May 2024
• Route 2 webinar: 10:30am to 11:30am on Thursday 16 May 2024

How to register for TTF 2024

You will need to complete either the college (route 1) or provider (route 2) online registration form:

• Taking Teaching Further 2024: route 1 registration form
• Taking Teaching Further 2024: route 2 registration form

If your college is part of a college group, registration must be done at group level by the college with a direct relationship with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).

The registration form should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete. You will need:

• the name, address and your type of college, group or organisation
• your UK provider reference number (UKPRN)
• the name, position and email address of your TTF programme lead
• contact details for the principal or chief executive officer

You will also need to provide the number of TTF 2024 places you think you will need, and how many of the requested places will be for each teacher training route.

Route 2 is administered on a first-come-first-served basis, so the registration window for this will close once all available places have been allocated.You should register as soon as possible.

The privacy notice for education providers workforce, including teachers explains howDfEuses personal information inTTF. This includes information you give to us, or information that we may collect about you.

What happens next

We aim to confirm initial allocations by July 2024.

We will contact all registered TTF leads from September 2024 to finalise these initial allocations and identify whether fewer or more places are required. Any additional places are subject to availability.

We aim to confirm final allocations of TTF 2024 places in October 2024.

Contact

If you need further information, contactTTF.Enquiries@education.gov.uk.