The Teacher Degree Apprenticeship (TDA)

The TDA is an exciting new apprenticeship route into teaching that provides candidates with the opportunity to earn while they learn.

There has been a gap in the market for an employment-based, degree-awarding route into teaching; the TDA will address this and support the recruitment of excellent teachers. This will broaden access to the teaching profession and allow individuals to train who might otherwise have been unable to.

The TDA is: 

• A 3 to 4-year course with a recommended 40% off the job training.
• Delivered through ITT providers, working with employing schools on delivery.
• Available for people to train as primary or secondary teachers.
• Available with training commencing in Autumn 2025.

By completing the TDA, apprentices will receive both an undergraduate degree and qualified teacher status (QTS), whilst receiving a salary and avoiding student debt.

Alongside the wider rollout of the TDA, the DfE is conducting a salary funding pilot in secondary maths. The TDA and salary funding pilot runs in parallel and all candidate applications for the TDA. For all information relating to the TDA pilot, click here.

Further guidance on how schools can work with providers to recruit candidates will be available in due course. Read the Employing an Apprentice: Overview here. More information about offering a teacher degree apprenticeship can be found here.

Information is being continuously rolled out so check here regularly for updates.