About this scholarship
All Points to Teaching (APTT) is an employment-based pathway to teaching program where students will be granted a fully funded scholarship to complete a Bachelor of Education (Secondary), with the option to focus in Special Education, or a Master of Teaching (Secondary), while simultaneously working in schools across New South Wales and Queensland.
Step into a fully funded, employment-based pathway to teaching and make a real difference in your community from day one.
Students will receive extra assistance through APTT local support hubs, providing targeted training, mentoring and peer networking opportunities.
We particularly encourage applications from people who are:
- School administrative or support staff
- Recent school leavers or university graduates
- First Nations people
- Career changers
- From low-SES backgrounds
- From rural, regional or remote communities
- First in family to attend university
285 scholarships are available across three intakes in 2025, 2026 and 2027 for the Bachelor of Education (Secondary), with the option to focus in Special Education, or a Master of Teaching (Secondary).
Commitment to teach obligation
Supported by the Commonwealth Government, the APTT program targets educational disadvantage and teacher workforce challenges in Australian schools. Successful scholarship applicants are expected to teach in an eligible school for at least one year after graduation.
Scholarship type
Equity
Value
- This scholarship covers the Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) tuition fees (student HECS contribution) for the standard duration of the selected degree, up to a maximum of 320 credit points for the Bachelor of Education degrees, or 160 credit points for the Master of Teaching (Secondary)
- Recipients will participate in the APTT employment-based pathway and receive support to secure a paid teaching support role in an eligible placement school.
Student type
Future Students
Eligibility
This scholarship is open to those who meet the following criteria:
- Citizenship: domestic
- Study load: full-time
- Campus: Online*
- Recipients must be able to complete a school placement in NSW or QLD.
- Course: must be commencing in either Bachelor of Education (Secondary) or Master of Teaching (Secondary) in Semester 1, 2027.
Teaching areas
- Bachelor: English, Maths, History, Geography, Special Education.
- Master: Accounting, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Design and Technologies, Drama, Earth and Environmental Studies, Economics, English, Geography, History, ICT / Digital Technology, Languages, Legal Studies, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Physics, Society and Culture, and Visual Arts.
*Note that the current course pages will not indicate an online campus for the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) as an option. When applying for your chosen course, select your nearest physical campus. If you successfully secure a scholarship, your enrolment will be moved to an online delivery mode/campus.
Application process
Note that when you click the ‘Apply’ button on the scholarship information page, you will be directed to register before completing your scholarship application.
Applicants will be required to provide the following as part of the application:
- Written statement** of approximately 250 words responding to the following:
- What inspires you to become a teacher?
- How will this course assist your career aspirations or progression?
- (Optional) Upload a short video or audio recording (up to 2 minutes) to tell us a little about yourself and why you'd like to become a teacher.
- Shortlisted applicants will be required to participate in a phone call.
** Statements are assessed on content, not language skills. If you access assistance from advisors, tutors or AI technology to complete your personal statement, please ensure that your submission accurately reflects your personal situation with regards to the criteria.
Selection criteria
Applications are assessed on the strength on your:
- Written statement
- Phone call (if you are shortlisted)
- Any other additional information as listed in the details under the Application Process above.
Selection process
Applicants will be shortlisted by the School of Education. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to participate in a phone call with a selection committee comprising representatives from the School of Education.
Ongoing requirements
To remain eligible for this scholarship, recipients are required to maintain the following each semester for the duration of the scholarship:
- Enrolment in the same APTT course under which the scholarship was received.
- A full-time study load
- Online campus
- Remain located within the area of an approved eligible school.
- Participants must actively participate in the employment based pathway component of the program. If you are working in a non-eligible school, you must commit to transfer to an eligible school*** at the first opportunity as facilitated by ACU.
- Minimum Pass grade for at least two-thirds of enrolled credit points.
*** Schools eligible for employment placements: all government schools, Catholic and independent schools with an ICSEA value ≤ 1000, majority Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander schools, special schools, or special assistance schools.
As a requirement of the Commonwealth Government's High Achieving Teachers (HAT) Program Phase Two Pilot, APTT scholarship recipients agree to the following:
- Being contacted by the Commonwealth Government in relation to the APTT Program.
- Commitment to teach obligation: you commit to teach for at least one year after course graduation and agree to the university, in meeting its obligations to the Commonwealth Government, tracking your employment as evidence of meeting this obligation.
- Grant the Commonwealth Government and ACU permission to disclose your Personal Information****, as reasonably required, to an independent evaluator appointed by the Commonwealth Government, for the purpose of evaluating the APTT program.
**** The Commonwealth Government defines Personal Information as that described in the Privacy Act 1988 and further explained by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner: What is personal information? | OAIC.
All Points to Teaching (APTT) Scholarship
About this scholarship
All Points to Teaching (APTT) is an employment-based pathway to teaching program where students will be granted a fully funded scholarship to complete a Bachelor of Education (Secondary), with the option to focus in Special Education, or a Master of Teaching (Secondary), while simultaneously working in schools across New South Wales and Queensland.
Step into a fully funded, employment-based pathway to teaching and make a real difference in your community from day one.
Students will receive extra assistance through APTT local support hubs, providing targeted training, mentoring and peer networking opportunities.
We particularly encourage applications from people who are:
- School administrative or support staff
- Recent school leavers or university graduates
- First Nations people
- Career changers
- From low-SES backgrounds
- From rural, regional or remote communities
- First in family to attend university
285 scholarships are available across three intakes in 2025, 2026 and 2027 for the Bachelor of Education (Secondary), with the option to focus in Special Education, or a Master of Teaching (Secondary).
Commitment to teach obligation
Supported by the Commonwealth Government, the APTT program targets educational disadvantage and teacher workforce challenges in Australian schools. Successful scholarship applicants are expected to teach in an eligible school for at least one year after graduation.
Scholarship type
Equity
Value
- This scholarship covers the Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) tuition fees (student HECS contribution) for the standard duration of the selected degree, up to a maximum of 320 credit points for the Bachelor of Education degrees, or 160 credit points for the Master of Teaching (Secondary)
- Recipients will participate in the APTT employment-based pathway and receive support to secure a paid teaching support role in an eligible placement school.
Student type
Future Students
Eligibility
This scholarship is open to those who meet the following criteria:
- Citizenship: domestic
- Study load: full-time
- Campus: Online*
- Recipients must be able to complete a school placement in NSW or QLD.
- Course: must be commencing in either Bachelor of Education (Secondary) or Master of Teaching (Secondary) in Semester 1, 2027.
Teaching areas
- Bachelor: English, Maths, History, Geography, Special Education.
- Master: Accounting, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Design and Technologies, Drama, Earth and Environmental Studies, Economics, English, Geography, History, ICT / Digital Technology, Languages, Legal Studies, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Physics, Society and Culture, and Visual Arts.
*Note that the current course pages will not indicate an online campus for the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) as an option. When applying for your chosen course, select your nearest physical campus. If you successfully secure a scholarship, your enrolment will be moved to an online delivery mode/campus.
Application process
Note that when you click the ‘Apply’ button on the scholarship information page, you will be directed to register before completing your scholarship application.
Applicants will be required to provide the following as part of the application:
- Written statement** of approximately 250 words responding to the following:
- What inspires you to become a teacher?
- How will this course assist your career aspirations or progression?
- (Optional) Upload a short video or audio recording (up to 2 minutes) to tell us a little about yourself and why you'd like to become a teacher.
- Shortlisted applicants will be required to participate in a phone call.
** Statements are assessed on content, not language skills. If you access assistance from advisors, tutors or AI technology to complete your personal statement, please ensure that your submission accurately reflects your personal situation with regards to the criteria.
Selection criteria
Applications are assessed on the strength on your:
- Written statement
- Phone call (if you are shortlisted)
- Any other additional information as listed in the details under the Application Process above.
Selection process
Applicants will be shortlisted by the School of Education. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to participate in a phone call with a selection committee comprising representatives from the School of Education.
Ongoing requirements
To remain eligible for this scholarship, recipients are required to maintain the following each semester for the duration of the scholarship:
- Enrolment in the same APTT course under which the scholarship was received.
- A full-time study load
- Online campus
- Remain located within the area of an approved eligible school.
- Participants must actively participate in the employment based pathway component of the program. If you are working in a non-eligible school, you must commit to transfer to an eligible school*** at the first opportunity as facilitated by ACU.
- Minimum Pass grade for at least two-thirds of enrolled credit points.
*** Schools eligible for employment placements: all government schools, Catholic and independent schools with an ICSEA value ≤ 1000, majority Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander schools, special schools, or special assistance schools.
As a requirement of the Commonwealth Government's High Achieving Teachers (HAT) Program Phase Two Pilot, APTT scholarship recipients agree to the following:
- Being contacted by the Commonwealth Government in relation to the APTT Program.
- Commitment to teach obligation: you commit to teach for at least one year after course graduation and agree to the university, in meeting its obligations to the Commonwealth Government, tracking your employment as evidence of meeting this obligation.
- Grant the Commonwealth Government and ACU permission to disclose your Personal Information****, as reasonably required, to an independent evaluator appointed by the Commonwealth Government, for the purpose of evaluating the APTT program.
**** The Commonwealth Government defines Personal Information as that described in the Privacy Act 1988 and further explained by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner: What is personal information? | OAIC.