The first claim window for ITT general mentor funding for academic year 2025/26 will open on 27 April 2026.
ITT placement schools that have been added to the Register trainee teachers service by their ITT providers should have been on-boarded to the service. Up to two DfE sign-in approver accounts have been on-boarded to the service for each school, and they can add additional users.
If a school has not been on-boarded
Step 1: if a school has not received an email from DfE inviting them to the service, they should check with their DfE sign-in approvers to see if they’ve received it. If so, they will be able to add additional users.
Step 2: if the school’s DfE sign-in approvers have not received an email from DfE inviting them to the service, they should check with their ITT provider that they have recorded the school on the Register trainee teacher service. Once this is done, schools will be on-boarded to the Claim Funding service monthly, so the school should receive an email within a month of their accredited ITT provider recording them as a placement school.
Step 3: For further information, see here for additional guidance