Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Scholarships
Department For EducationEstimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
Not specified
Published
9 April 2018
Type
Not specified
Overview
This is not an invitation to bid. The Department for Education (DfE) is inviting organisations to take part in market engagement that will: • establish supplier interest in; • obtain market insights about; and • explore commercial options for The delivery of the ITT Scholarships programme by organisations working in partnership with the Department for Education.
The programme is one of a range of initiatives to boost teacher supply in priority subjects. Aimed at high quality subject experts, who might not have otherwise considered teaching a viable career option, scholarships are awarded to the most gifted teacher trainees in physics, maths, chemistry, computing, modern foreign languages or geography.
Scholars receive a tax-free bursary and wraparound support during their teacher-training year. We want insights on the market offer to enable scholars to become the next generation of outstanding teachers and use their enhanced subject knowledge/skills during a successful teaching career.
Submission
Additional information: How to express an interest in this opportunity Interested organisations should complete the questionnaire attached to this notice and submit it to itt.scholarships@education.gov.uk by 20 April 2018.
Additional details
Please note that this Notice is not a call to competition and the DfE is not bound to enter into any procurement activity because of it. Scheduled date for publication of notice: May 2018 Start and End dates of Contract: September 2018 to August 2021 though this is an estimate only and will be further informed by responses.
Delivery Area National (England). Timescales Organisations interested in expressing an interest as a potential provider would be need to be able to mobilise their provision with the intention of recruiting in autumn 2018 to deliver scholarships from 2019/20.
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- 1
Mutual Ventures Ltd
2 contracts wonlatest 8 Sept 2025£1m
total awarded
- 2
Someone Else's Eyes,Collingwood Learning with Holocaust Centre North,Board of Deputies of British Jews,NUS Charity
1 contract wonlatest 20 Jul 2026ends 31 Mar 2027£1m
total awarded
- 3
Ambition Institute
1 contract wonlatest 17 Jul 2026 - 4
School-Led Development Trust
£9m
total awarded
- 5
Royal Society of Biology
1 contract wonlatest 15 Jun 2026ends 31 Mar 2027£45,000
total awarded
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Published
9 April 2018
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