Teaching internships programme: summer 2026, 20272027, and 2028

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Overview

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The programme is school-led and only schools can apply for funding. Schools receivemay fundingchoose to offercollaborate teachingwith internshipsan accredited initial teacher training (ITT) provider to develop and deliver their programme.

If several schools are working in partnership, one lead school should submit the followingapplication. subjects:They will have overall responsibility for the budget, and the administration and grant relationship with DfE.

Applications must:

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• computing
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• include maths
• modern foreignand languages
• physics internships

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Programme recruitment

Internships will typically last for students3 interestedweeks inand teachingtake subjectsplace othertowards thanthe thoseend includedof each academic year, in thisJune programme.and July.

Internship

For 2026 delivery, schools should prepare to begin recruiting interns from January onwards.

Before recruitment begins, DfE will send successful schools: 

• standard application forms, including the minimum information required from each applicant
• Get into Teaching branding

All successful schools must advertise their programme activities

Programmes should offer interns structured activities that give a deep experience of teaching. TheyProgrammes cancould include include:

• a combination of:
  • teaching
  • running subject-related projects
  • offering intensive support for children who are struggling
  • helping with experiments and laboratory work
  • supporting language practice
• structured training
• job shadowing and lesson observation,observation followed by a chance to jointly plan and deliver lessons
• support from one-to-one mentors who are good or outstanding classroom teachers in their specialism
• opportunities to network with qualified subject specialists

Post-programme support

SchoolsYour areprogramme expectedshould to include measures to encourage and support interns with applying for teacher training. This may include:

• continued contact with their mentor after the programme ends
• help with making an application for initial teacher training (for ITT)
• guarantee of an interview for any ITT places that they apply to withinin theyour school partnership
• events for interns to keep in touch events for interns after the programme is completedcomplete

All interns areshould be encouraged to seekget freemore support from the Get Intointo Teaching service, including tailored support and guidance from including teacher training advisers.

Funding

InThe 2026, the funding paid to the school is £2,065 for each intern completing a 3-week internship. Of this £2,065:

• £1,365 (£455 per week) is paid to the intern on completion of the full 3-week internship
• up to £700 (£200 per week + £100) is paid to the school to cover coordination costs and recruitment of interns
• fundinginterns. Funding is paid to participating schools through a a grant funding agreement , which all successful applicants must agree and sign

For example, in 2026, for the minimum cohort size of 5 interns, the grant funding will be a maximum of £10,325.

The funding does not cover costs or expenses incurred in preparing your application.

The grant is provided on the strict understanding that none of the funding is not used for:

• for advertising, marketing, communicationscommunications, consultancy, or consultancy
• for any costs associated with the maintenance, technical development or updating of existing websites
• websites, or for the development or creation of new websiteswebsites.

  Schools will be awarded a 3-year grant funding agreement to design and deliver a programme for 3 weeks in 2026, 2027 and 2028:

  • funding for the 2026 programme will be provided between June 2026 and August 2026
  • funding for the 2027 programme will be provided between June 2027 and August 2027
  • funding for the 2028 programme will be provided between June 2028 and August 2028

  ReportingAssurance and assurancevalue for money

  All participatingsuccessful schoolsapplicants shouldwill be required to submit a certificate of expenditure at the end of each year as an assurance of expenditure. This is outlined in annex G of the grant funding agreement.

  Payments arewill be staggered and are subject to assurance checks.that Toprogrammes receiveare payment,developed, participatingand schoolsrecruitment is progressing to support viable programmes.

  Funding will not be provided for participants interested in teaching subjects other than those included in this programme.

  Reporting and evaluation

  Successful applicants must submit documentation beforeto theDfE by specific dates given in the templates provided, as set out in the grant offer letter.

  Schools must also comply with all obligations and requests from DfE relating to participant data, including retention of evidence confirming identities.

  You should collect a standard data set of management information from internapplicants. applicants,We aswill specifiedissue bydetails DfE.on successful award of any grant funding.

  How to apply

  Schools must alsoregister complytheir withinterest allthrough obligations and requests from the DfE relating e-tendering portal (Jaggaer). The portal gives details of how to interns’register data,and includingthe retentionterms of evidencefree confirmingregistration.

  Once registered, schools can apply to the programme through the portal.

  The application deadline is 5pm on Monday 20 October 2025.

  We will tell applicants the outcome of their identity.application during the week beginning 15 December 2025.

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  Interns supportfor summer 2026 should apply directly to schools from January 2026.

  Contact

  IfSend you’reus any questions through Jaggaer.

  DfE is hosting webinars for schools interested in teaching,finding freeout helpmore about the teaching internships grant. These are suitable for schools that have previously participated and supportschools isthat availableare frombidding Getfor Intothe Teaching.first time.

  SchoolsEach withwebinar questionswill aboutinclude an overview of the programmeprogramme, canfunding email:arrangements and guidance on how to apply. You will also have the chance to ask questions. 

  • Register for Wednesday 24 September, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
  • Register for Thursday 2 October, 4pm to 5pm

  If there are any issues with registration, email Teaching.INTERNSHIPS@education.gov.uk.