The Teaching Bursary in Scotland - 2026/27

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Key facts

Number of scholarships: N/A
Value: £12,500
Opens: 3 June 2026
Helps with: Equipment and study costs, Living costs, Travel costs
Duration: One-year

Summary

The Teaching Bursary is a £12,500 incentive to ease your transition into Initial Teacher Education.

The Teaching Bursary is open to individuals wishing to undertake a one-year PGDE ITE course in Scotland that leads to the award of registered teacher status in Scotland's hardest-to-fill teaching subjects.
The level of bursary is £12,500 per student.
Students eligible for the bursary can also apply separately to SAAS to have tuition fees paid by the Scottish Government.

For the academic year 2026/27, the bursary-eligible teaching subjects are at Secondary School Level:

Chemistry
Computing Science
Home Economics
Mathematics
Physics
Technological Education
Languages (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish)
Gaelic as a Language/Subject at Secondary School Level
Gaelic Medium across all Secondary Subjects

And at Primary School Level:

Primary Education in Gaelic Medium

Eligibility

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Eligibility

Applicants need to hold a 2.2 degree or meet the minimum initial teacher education (ITE) entry requirement with a relevant masters qualification, the content of which would make them suitable to teach their chosen Bursary-Eligible Teaching Subject.

Including exceptions, applicants ordinarily need to have been out of full-time education since 30th September 2024.

Applicants must have an offer of a place on a PGDE ITE programme at a Scottish university before applying.

Normal entry requirements for PGDE ITE also apply.

Gaelic Education Courses

Tha Sgeama na Bursaraidh Teagaisg fosgailte dhaibhsan a tha airson teagasg 'Foghlam Bun-sgoile tro Mheadhan na Gàidhlig', 'Gàidhlig mar Chànan/Cuspair aig ìre Àrd-sgoile' agus 'Gach Cuspair Àrd-sgoile tro Mheadhan na Gàidhlig'.

For the Gaelic Education courses, you must be a fluent speaker and able to read and write in Gaelic.

Feumaidh tu a bhith fileanta agus comasach air leughadh agus sgrìobhadh sa Ghàidhlig airson na cùrsaichean Foghlam Gàidhlig a dhèanamh.