Funding and subsidies
We offer financial support to state-funded schools and colleges across England, including subsidies to support supply cover for professional development and curriculum delivery.
The information below is correct for courses running up to and including 31 March 2023. Please note all bookings for courses running from 1 April 2023 are subject to different fees and subsidies, which you can find the information about here.
To find out more about financial support, please select an option below:
Funding and fees
Our online courses for key stages 1-4 are free to all teachers.
Face to face and remote courses are fully or part funded, for teachers in state-funded education.
Teachers from state-funded schools or colleges
| Face to face or remote course | Fee | Subsidy |
|---|---|---|
| Short (90 minute) course | Free | No |
| Primary | £65 | Yes* |
| Computer Science Accelerator | Free | Yes |
| Secondary KS3 and KS4 | £65 (free to CS Accelerator graduates in secondary state education) | No |
* For primary courses, funding is available for one teacher in a state-funded primary school per academic year.
Course fees are payable upfront and the payment is separate from any funding your school receives.
Trainee, supply and returning computer science teachers
Courses which are part of the Computer Science Accelerator are free to trainee teachers, supply teachers and returning computer science teachers.
Teachers from independent schools
£75 for short courses or a fee of £220 per full-day course is payable for independent schools for any of our face to face or remote courses.
Subsidies for schools and colleges
We offer subsidies to state-funded schools for supply cover to help teachers participate in face to face or remote CPD during the school day (sessions starting at or before 2:30 pm). Subsidies are subject to the availability of funding and cannot be guaranteed.
The information below is correct for courses running up to and including 31 March 2023. Please note all bookings for courses running from 1 April 2023 are subject to different fees and subsidies, which will be announced in due course.
Primary certificate
A subsidy is available for one course from our primary certificate per academic year for state-funded primary schools, subject to the availability of funding. This is to support supply cover for face to face or remote courses during the school day.
Overview for state-funded primary schools:
| Face to face/remote course fee | £65 per day |
| Subsidy (one teacher per school) | £220 per day |
The maximum funding a state-funded school can claim is £440 (for a two-day course) per academic year.
Computer Science Accelerator
Computer Science Accelerator subsidies are intended to support teachers from all subject backgrounds to develop their subject knowledge to teach GCSE Computer Science. The programme is for teachers who have the ambition to teach computing or are doing so already and we reserve the right to withhold funding where it is determined that a school is training a large cohort of teachers without the expectation that they teach computing. Primary teachers can access the programme if they are considering transitioning to secondary teaching.
Subsidies are available to state-funded schools subject to the availability of funding.
| Subsidy payment criteria | Secondary state-funded schools and colleges | Primary state-funded schools |
|---|---|---|
| Attend face-to-face or remote course (starting at or before 2:30 pm) | £220 per course/ CPD day (up to £880) | £220 per course/ CPD day (up to £880) |
| Complete the programme and pass final test | £220 | N/A |
| Total maximum bursary available | £1,100 | £880 |
Subsidy payment
If your school or college is eligible for funding, this is usually paid within six to eight weeks of activity completion. To claim a subsidy for your organisation, please complete this form and return it to [email protected].
Support from subject matter experts
We offer fully-funded support from subject matter experts through our network of Computing Hubs to help schools and colleges to improve computing education.
Subsidies are available to eligible schools and colleges to cover supply costs (see criteria below) upon completion of an action plan, subject to the availability of funding. This is in addition to any financial support we offer for professional development.
Please note that the school level support is changing from 1 April 2023, you can find out more about the new funding and support here.
Subject matter expert (SME) support criteria:
If you meet the above criteria, discover the support that our local network can provide for your school/college.
| Criteria | State-funded school or college eligibility |
|---|---|
| Are you not offering GCSE Computer Science and have not offered it for an academic year or more? | • free consultancy and guidance from a subject matter expert (SME) • £660 subsidy to cover teachers’ time to work with the SME • £440 subsidy to fund additional planning days for schools/colleges who commit to delivering Computer Science GCSE in the 2023/24 academic year |
| Are you considering or at risk of dropping GCSE Computer Science? |
• free consultancy and guidance from an SME • £660 subsidy to cover teachers’ time to work with the SME |
| Have you started teaching GCSE Computer Science in the last 2 years? | • free consultancy and guidance from an SME • no subsidy |
| Are you a primary or secondary school in Local Area Districts 5 or 6? | • free consultancy and guidance from an SME • no subsidy |
Not in local Districts 5 or 6?
Your local Computing Hub can help. Get in touch now.