Discounts for teachers

Teachers and school staff can link their Blue Light Card (£4.99 for two years – see full info) to the free Asda Rewards app to get 5% back each time on selected 'fresh' purchases in-store (see 'More info' for exclusions) when scanning the app at the checkout. The amount will go into your Asda Rewards 'cashpot' which you can use to get a discount on a future shop in-store or online, so it's not an on-the-spot discount.

Asda says it considers fresh products (and therefore included in the offer) to be fresh meat, cooked meat, fresh fish, fruit and vegetables, fresh fruit juice and smoothies, dairy and bakery. For exclusions see the Asda Blue Light Card T&Cs.

How it works

• Download/sign in to the Asda Rewards app, select 'More' then 'Memberships'. You can then link your Blue Light Card – once you've filled in the info, Asda says verification will take seconds.
• Shop as normal in-store (find your nearest, not valid online) and then scan your Asda Rewards app at the checkout – you'll receive 5% of the amount of your eligible shopping into your cashpot in the app – up to a maximum of £100 a day.
• To claim money in your cashpot against the cost of a future shop you'll need to exchange it for an in-app voucher within six months (vouchers are then valid for three months).

See full Asda Blue Light Card terms and conditions.

If you're a new online customer to Iceland* and a Blue Light Card holder, you can get £6 off a £45 or more spend online only.

You'll need to log in to Blue Light Card online to claim a unique discount code, which you can then use at the checkout. This offer will only work once. A Blue Light Card costs £4.99 for two years, so if you're only using it for this offer you'd still save money.

If you're already an Iceland customer, you can still get a discount via your Blue Light Card, however it will be £4 off a £70 spend, so if you're not planning on taking up any other Blue Light Card offers it might not be worth it for you.

Important: If you amend your order, you will lose the code and pay the full amount, as the codes are single use only, so be sure to add everything you need before checking out.

The cost of carrier bags and adding electronic savings to your Bonus Card won't count towards the £45 or £70 spend, and in Scotland, purchases of alcohol don't count towards the minimum spend either. See Iceland's full terms and conditions*.

If you're a teacher or work at an educational establishment, sign up for free or log in via this Discounts for Teachers link to get a code for 15% off full-price adult or kids' shoes and accessories online only at Clarks.

Delivery is £4.95 for orders under £50 or you can collect from a Clarks store for free.

Clothing retailer New Look* is offering 15% off for teachers and school staff with a Blue Light Card.

It's valid on full-price items only, either online or in stores. Online, you'll need to generate a code to use at the checkout; in stores you can show your Blue Light Card when you pay. You can't use it on sale items, to buy gift cards, or with any other offer or discount. See full T&Cs*.

Check the discount before buying as we've seen New Look change the offer amount on a few occasions (we've seen it go as high as 26% off before, but it could of course go lower as well).

If you have a Blue Light Card (see our full Blue Light Card info), don't just assume it'll give you the best discounts – always compare offers to check you're getting the best deal.

Footwear retailer Schuh* is offering 10% off for teachers and school staff with a Blue Light Card.

It's valid on full-price items only, either online or in stores. Online, you'll need to generate a code to use at the checkout; in stores you can show your Blue Light Card when you pay. See full T&Cs*.

If you have a Blue Light Card (see our full Blue Light Card info), don't just assume it'll give you the best discounts – always compare offers to check you're getting the best deal.

If you're shopping online at JD Sports, you can get a unique code from Blue Light Card (£4.99 for two years – see more info) that gets 10% off most full-price items.

You can't use the discount on gift cards, plus some excluded items. See full T&Cs.

Apple doesn’t offer widespread discounts and its products certainly aren't MoneySaving, but if a new Apple device is what you want, there is a way to take a bite out of the cost of Macs and iPads – up to 10% off the normal price via the Apple Education Store* online or at a physical Apple Store. Plus, when you buy selected devices, Apple is offering a gift card of up to £120 until Monday 21 October.

Last year Apple offered a gift card up to £130, so while this is still a good deal if you're in the market for new Apple tech, we're disappointed to see the gift card value decrease by £10.

Officially, this education discount is geared towards university students and teachers, but even if you’re neither, you may still be able to get it if you work in education in any capacity, or you've a child who's at or going to be at university (see who it’s for below).

Who's eligible and how do you get the discount?

1. Students attending (or who've been accepted into) university – go to the Apple Education Store* website. You’ll be asked to sign up (or log in) to discount scheme Unidays using your uni email address for verification. The education discounts will then be automatically applied.

If you’re unable to sign up to Unidays or you don’t want to give it your data, you can call Apple on 0800 048 0408 and it’ll verify you with your ID or acceptance letter and you can continue your purchase over the phone. Alternatively, take the verification documents to an Apple Store (find your nearest).

2. Teachers and education workers at all levels in any state or private education institute, for example, schools, colleges and universities (even if you work in the office and not the classroom) – visit an Apple Store and show proof of where you work such as a payslip or call 0800 048 0408. 

3. Parents of current or newly accepted university students – visit an Apple Store and show your child's student ID or acceptance letter.

Free Apple gift card up to £120 when buying a Mac or iPad 

If you buy certain products through the Apple Education scheme until Monday 21 October, you can get an Apple gift card of £80 or £120, depending on what product you buy.

Here is the list of eligible products and the value of the voucher you'd get:

Once you’ve selected an eligible Apple product, the gift card will be automatically added to your 'bag', and will be sent to your billing email address within 24 hours from the time your new product ships – so you can't use this straight away to get a discount on the product itself.

Apple has confirmed there's no expiry date on the gift card and it can be redeemed in-store or online at Apple, or at the App Store – see Apple's webpage on how to redeem a gift card for more info. 

Of course, it's not worth buying a Mac or iPad just for the gift card, but if you're after one of the eligible Apple products anyway, it's a decent deal as Apple rarely does offers.

You can also get 20% off AppleCare+ (Apple's warranty scheme), to protect your purchase, as well as one month of free Apple Music and Apple TV+ – you'll be automatically signed up to the student price for both services after, so remember to cancel if you don't want to keep it.

Which Apple products can you get up to 10% off?

You can get up to 10% off Mac and iPad products via its Education Store (not the regular Apple website) – this is a year-round offer.

We did some number crunching on four student discount examples on Wednesday 24 July:

As you can see with the education discount, Apple is currently cheapest for most products, but not all – though we haven't factored in the added value of the 'free' gift card. Prices are constantly changing so do your own checks and look out for discounts at other retailers.

Not a student, teacher or other education worker?

Provided you know someone who’s studying at uni or working at a school, college or uni, you can in theory get the discount if that person’s willing to go and buy the goods for you. As far as we can see, this isn’t a breach of the terms and conditions. Of course, you’ll have to decide whether it’s morally okay – as this is a scheme designed specifically for people in education.

See our Student discounts round-up for other ways to save.