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Transparency data
Targeted retention incentive
for FE teachers: data as of 5
May 2025
Published 15 May 2025
Applies to England
Overview of policy
To boost recruitment and retention of teachers, the targeted retention incentive gives
eligible early career teachers in key STEM and technical shortage subjects, working
in colleges and 16 to 19 only schools and academies, up to £6,000 after tax
annually.
Eligible FE teachers can claim a targeted retention incentive payments for teaching
specific courses in the following subject areas:
building and construction
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Targeted retention incentive for FE teachers
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Overview of policy
Data
Methodology
computing, including digital and ICT
early years
engineering and manufacturing, including transport engineering and electronics
maths
physics
chemistry
Data
The targeted retention incentive for FE teachers claim window for the 2024 to 2025
academic year opened in October 2024 and closed on 31 March 2025. 7,790
applications have been received. As of 5 May 2025, 5,984 claims were approved
and 1,730 were rejected.
Table 1: Total number of claims for the financial year
2024 to 2025
Application status Number of claims
Approved 5,984
Awaiting decision 76
Rejected 1,730
Total 7,790
Approved claims include those that have been paid and those awaiting payment.
In some instances, teachers made multiple claims and these are included in the
‘Rejected’ category. The total rejected claims are therefore not representative of
individual teachers, and this will be amended in final publication of figures.
These figures may be subject to change as claims are further validated ahead of
final publication of figures.
The majority of approved claims were from teachers of building and construction
(1,725), maths (1,367), and engineering and manufacturing (1,195).
Table 2: Total number of approved claims by subject
taught
Subjects taught Number of approved
claims
Building and construction 1,725
Chemistry 172
Computing, including digital and ICT 625
Early years 515
Engineering and manufacturing, including transport
engineering and electronics
1,195
Maths 1,367
Physics 92
Applicants teaching two or more of the seven eligible
subject areas
293
Total 5,984
The majority of approved claims were from teachers in an FE provider where at least
50% of students attracted 16-19 disadvantage funding (5,295).
Teachers at an FE provider that had the highest proportion of disadvantaged
students, received a higher payment. This was based on the proportion of 16 to 19
students enrolled at the FE provider attracting disadvantage funding in the 2022 to
2023 academic year, on the basis of students’ economic deprivation or low prior
attainment in English and maths.
Those eligible teachers employed at an FE provider with 50% to 100% of students
attracting disadvantage funding received a £3,000 to £6,000 payment depending on
the number of hours a week they taught. Those with 25% to 50% received £2,500 to
£5,000 and those below 25% received £2,000 to £4,000.
Table 3: Total number of approved claims by the
proportion of students in an FE provider attracting
disadvantage funding for 16 to 19 education in the
2022 to 2023 academic year
Percentage of students attracting
disadvantage funding for 16 to 19
education in the 2022 to 2023
academic year
Number of approved claims from
teachers at FE providers with this
proportion of disadvantaged
students
Below 25% 159
Between 25-50% 530
50% and above 5,295
Total 5,984
The majority of approved claims were from teachers who teach 12 or more hours
per week, which equates to roughly 0.5 of a full-time role.
To be eligible, teachers must have taught at least 2.5 hours per week (which equates
to roughly 0.1 of a full-time role) and satisfy the rest of the eligibility criteria.
If teachers taught between 2.5 hours and 12 hours per week, they received £2,000
to £3,000, depending on the proportion of disadvantaged students taught at their
provider. If they taught 12 hours or more, they received £4,000 to £6,000,
depending on the proportion of disadvantaged students taught at their provider.
Table 4: Total number of approved claims by
teaching hours per week
Teaching hours per week Number of approved claims
Between 2.5 and 12 361
More than 12 5,623
Total 5,984
There may be small changes to the split of approved applications by teaching hours,
as claims are further validated ahead of the publication of final figures.
Table 5: Average approved claim amount (rounded to
nearest £50)
Average claim amount (£)
5,700
The majority of approved claims were from teachers in a general further education
college (5,424).
Table 6: Total number of approved claims by
provider type
Provider type Number of approved claims
16 to 19 only schools and academies 313
General FE college, including tertiary 5,424
Sixth-form college 247
Total 5,984
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Methodology
Teachers were able to submit an application between 14 October 2024 and 31
March 2025.
Once a teacher had submitted their application online confirming their eligibility, their
employer verifies the details. DfE conducts further checks and if eligible, the money
is issued directly into the teacher’s bank account.
Information received in applications is checked against the following data sources
during the verification process to ensure the application is from an eligible teacher:
information from the teacher’s employer
Teacher’s Pension Scheme data (if applicable)
Student Loans Company data
All data is stored in line with DfE’s privacy notice.
The data presented here is based on an extract of claims data as of 5 May 2025.
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