Another Good Reason to have chosen to train with CTSN SCITT
Past CTSN SCITT trainees can claim back their student loan repayments
Our previous cohort of trainees, who now teach languages, physics, chemistry, biology or computing, in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk local authority areas, can claim back their student loan repayments made while employed in a state school during 2020-21. They can then claim back a further four to ten years of payments, depending on the year they completed their ITT.
Eligible teachers
For the reimbursement period, you must have been employed in a state-funded secondary, including middle-deemed secondary schools, in England, in either:
- a local-authority-maintained school
- an academy or free school
- a local-authority-maintained or non-maintained special school
You must still be working as a teacher in a state-funded secondary school in England when you claim back your student loan repayments.
You must have either:
- qualified teacher status
- qualified teacher learning and skills (QTLS) and membership of the Society for Education and Training (SET)
You must have completed your initial teacher training in one of these academic years:
- 2013 to 2014
- 2014 to 2015
- 2015 to 2016
- 2016 to 2017
- 2017 to 2018
- 2018 to 2019
- 2019 to 2020
- 2020 to 2021
The academic year runs from 1 September to 31 August.
Eligible subjects
You must teach one or more of these subjects:
- languages
- physics
- chemistry
- biology
- computing
You must have spent at least 50% of your contracted hours teaching one or more of the eligible subjects during the year for which you are claiming. Schools may be asked to confirm this during the application process.
Eligible schools
The school you worked for when you originally made the repayments must be in one of these local authority areas:
- Barnsley
- Blackpool
- Bracknell Forest
- Bradford
- Cambridgeshire
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Doncaster
- Halton
- Knowsley
- Luton
- Middlesbrough
- Norfolk
- North-east Lincolnshire
- North Northamptonshire
- North Yorkshire
- Northumberland
- Oldham
- Peterborough
- Portsmouth
- Salford
- Sefton
- St Helens
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Suffolk
- West Northamptonshire
The years you can claim for
You can only claim back repayments you made in certain financial years, based on when you completed your initial teacher training.
If you completed your initial teacher training in:
- 2013 to 2014 you can claim for 2020 to 2021 up to 2024 to 2025
- 2014 to 2015 you can claim for 2020 to 2021 up to 2025 to 2026
- 2015 to 2016 you can claim for 2020 to 2021 up to 2026 to 2027
- 2016 to 2017 you can claim for 2020 to 2021 up to 2027 to 2028
- 2017 to 2018 you can claim for 2020 to 2021 up to 2028 to 2029
- 2018 to 2019 you can claim for 2020 to 2021 up to 2029 to 2030
- 2019 to 2020 you can claim for 2020 to 2021 up to 2030 to 2031
- 2020 to 2021 you can claim for 2021 to 2022 up to 2031 to 2032
You’ll need to claim separately for each financial year. Claims for the 2020 to 2021 financial year will open in September 2021.
To check eligibility and/or start application go to:
