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PGCE / Initial Teacher Training Year - Should I take the student loan?
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Hi,
Tired to figure this out, and searched for other posts but have struggled so any help would be appreciated please.
I'm changing careers to become a secondary school teacher. For this I will get a bursary of £26,000. The fees for the course are £9250. Paying the fees 'upfront' from savings will cause no financial hardship.
The starting salary after training year is £24,373, which is below the repayment threshold. However by ten years I'd hope to be on at least the lowest leadership scale so at least £40,000.
Should I take the tuition fee loan and pay the "tax" after getting the PGCE, or pay upfront?
Thank You!
Tired to figure this out, and searched for other posts but have struggled so any help would be appreciated please.
I'm changing careers to become a secondary school teacher. For this I will get a bursary of £26,000. The fees for the course are £9250. Paying the fees 'upfront' from savings will cause no financial hardship.
The starting salary after training year is £24,373, which is below the repayment threshold. However by ten years I'd hope to be on at least the lowest leadership scale so at least £40,000.
Should I take the tuition fee loan and pay the "tax" after getting the PGCE, or pay upfront?
Thank You!
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If you stay in teaching at that salary level you will end up fully repaying the loan, so yes financially you would have avoided a potentially very high interest loan that will take you a very long time to repay by paying up front and avoiding the loan altogether.
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