Deadlines for claiming Iaith Athrawon Yfory Welsh medium initial teacher education incentive payments.
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Overview
The Iaith Athrawon Yfory incentive scheme provides a £5000 grant to eligible students.
Students must be on postgraduate initial teacher education programme. They must either study through the medium of Welsh or teach Welsh as a subject.
The grant is paid in 2 instalments:
- £2500 once a student has been awarded Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
- £2500 once a student has successful completed induction
The payments must be claimed within one year of:
- award of QTS
- completion of induction
Deadlines for claiming each of the instalments for full-time students
Scheme year (programme start) | Qualified Teacher Status QTS) awarded from | Deadline for QTS payment claims | Induction awarded from | Deadline for induction payment claims |
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2018 to 2019 | 01/08/2019 | 31/08/2020 | 01/08/2020 | 31/12/2023 |
2019 to 2020 | 01/08/2020 | 31/08/2021 | 01/08/2021 | 31/12/2024 |
2020 to 2021 | 01/08/2021 | 31/08/2022 | 01/08/2022 | 31/12/2025 |
2021 to 2022 | 01/08/2022 | 31/08/2023 | 01/08/2023 | 31/12/2026 |
2022 to 2023 | 01/08/2023 | 31/08/2024 | 01/08/2024 | 31/12/2027 |
2023 to 2024 | 01/08/2024 | 31/08/2025 | 01/08/2025 | 31/12/2028 |
2024 to 2025 | 01/08/2025 | 31/08/2026 | 01/08/2026 | 31/12/2029 |
The deadline for claims will be a year later for part-time students.
Students who started an ITE programme between 2018 and August 2023
You will need to claim both instalments from Welsh Government. Read the guidance on the payment process.
Students who started an ITE programme after September 2023
Instalments will be paid by ITE partnerships and Welsh Government. Read the guidance on the payment process related to the year of study.