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 to T Levels and and technical qualifications asapproved foundby inthe SkillsInstitute England’sfor occupationalApprenticeships mapsand 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.recruits Thetaking funding available is:either:

• £21,200 per recruit for an Ofqual-regulated, classroom-based teaching qualification at level 5 or higher
• £15,200 per recruit for the learning and skills teacher apprenticeship

Guidance and eligibility for TTF 20252024

TTF 20252024 is open to eligible FE providers through 2 routes:

• route 1 is open to general FE colleges, sixth-form colleges, landland-based based colleges (agriculture and animal sciences) 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 20252024 guidance: route 1 (PDF, 320256 KB, 1920 pages)
• Taking Teaching Further 20252024 guidance: route 2 (PDF, 341272 KB, 19 pages)

Upcoming webinars

We will be hosting webinars for FE colleges and providers to talk through the changes to this year’s 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 20252024

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 DepartmentEducation forand EducationSkills Funding Agency (DfEESFA).

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 20252024 places you think you will needneed, inand thehow initialmany allocation. There will be a maximum of 2the requested places per provider.

You will needbe tofor indicateeach theteacher training route for each requested place.route.

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

There is an option to register an expression of interest if any additional places become available, however these are subject to availability and are not guaranteed.

The privacy notice for education providers’ workforce, including teachers explains how DfE uses personal information in TTF. 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 2025.2024.

We will contact all registered TTF leads from September 20252024 to finalise these initial allocations.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 20252024 places in October 2025.2024.

Contact

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