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.
To check eligibility and/or start application go to:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teachers-claim-back-your-student-loan-repayments
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.
The school you worked for when you originally made the repayments must be in one of these local authority areas: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
Email studentloanteacherpayment@digital.education.gov.uk for more information.
