For 2008/09 recruitment the TDA is allocating £1 million to initial teacher training (ITT) providers to support the recruitment and retention of black and minority ethnic trainee teachers.
All providers of teacher training are set an advisory target. Funding is paid to providers where there has been year on year improvements in recruitment and in order to improve retention funding is also paid for each BME trainee on programmes. Details of the funding scheme can be found on the ITT funding pages
