Data set from Initial Teacher Training Census

9) Early Years ITT new entrants by training route and trainee characteristics

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Published 2 December 2021

Last updated 2 December 2021

This national level table contains the number of both postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants to Early Years ITT courses by route and trainee characteristics (eg. age, gender, etc.). The data in this table covers 2019/20 (revised), 2020/21 (revised) and 2021/22 (provisional).

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: Initial Teacher Training Census
• Release: Academic year 2021/22
• Number of rows: 16
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Aged 25 and over
  • Aged 25 and over percentage
  • Aged under 25
  • Aged under 25 percentage
  • Asian ethnicity
  • Asian ethnicity percentage
  • Black ethnicity
  • Black ethnicity percentage
  • Disability declared
  • Disability declared percentage
  • Female
  • Female percentage
  • Male
  • Male percentage
  • Mixed ethnicity
  • Mixed ethnicity percentage
  • No disability declared
  • No disability declared percentage
  • Other ethnicity
  • Other ethnicity percentage
  • Other gender
  • Other gender percentage
  • Total new entrants to ITT
  • Unknown ethnicity
  • White ethnicity
  • White ethnicity percentage
• Filters:
  • ITT route
• Time period: 2019/20 to 2021/22

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	itt_route	total_new_entrants	aged_under_25	aged_25_and_over	male	female	other_gender	asian_ethnicity	black_ethnicity	mixed_ethnicity	other_ethnicity	white_ethnicity	unknown_ethnicity	disability_declared	no_disability_declared	aged_under_25_percentage	aged_25_and_over_percentage	male_percentage	female_percentage	other_gender_percentage	asian_ethnicity_percentage	black_ethnicity_percentage	mixed_ethnicity_percentage	white_ethnicity_percentage	other_ethnicity_percentage	disability_declared_percentage	no_disability_declared_percentage
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Early Years ITT Graduate employment-based	307	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Early Years ITT Graduate Entry	41	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Early Years ITT Undergraduate Entry	9	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Postgraduate Early Years ITT	348	82	266	14	334	0	22	12	6	1	276	31	32	284	24	76	4	96	0	7	4	2	87	0	10	90
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Early Years ITT Total	357	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 27 variables

Variable name	Variable description
aged_25_and_over	Aged 25 and over
aged_25_and_over_percentage	Aged 25 and over percentage
aged_under_25	Aged under 25
aged_under_25_percentage	Aged under 25 percentage
asian_ethnicity	Asian ethnicity
asian_ethnicity_percentage	Asian ethnicity percentage
black_ethnicity	Black ethnicity
black_ethnicity_percentage	Black ethnicity percentage
disability_declared	Disability declared
disability_declared_percentage	Disability declared percentage
female	Female
female_percentage	Female percentage
itt_route	ITT route
male	Male
male_percentage	Male percentage
mixed_ethnicity	Mixed ethnicity
mixed_ethnicity_percentage	Mixed ethnicity percentage
no_disability_declared	No disability declared
no_disability_declared_percentage	No disability declared percentage
other_ethnicity	Other ethnicity
other_ethnicity_percentage	Other ethnicity percentage
other_gender	Other gender
other_gender_percentage	Other gender percentage
total_new_entrants	Total new entrants to ITT
unknown_ethnicity	Unknown ethnicity
white_ethnicity	White ethnicity
white_ethnicity_percentage	White ethnicity percentage

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Footnotes

1. Figures for 2021/22 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2019/20 and 2020/21 have been revised.
2. Ethnicity: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where ethnicity is unknown or not declared, therefore please consider the impact of the number of unknowns when considering data trends.
3. 2020/21 and 2021/22 data was extracted on 21st November 2021. 2019/20 data was extracted on 13th November 2020.
4. Other ethnicity includes Arab and Other ethnic backgrounds.
5. Age groups, mean age and median age: are based on the ages of new entrants on the day of the census, this is 13 October 2021 for 2021/22 trainees. Ages are rounded down to the nearest year, for example, a trainee aged 29.5 is placed in the 25-29 age group.
6. Disability Status: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where disability status is unknown, therefore please consider the impact of the number of unknowns when considering data trends.
7. Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
8. Asian: From this publication Asian ethnic group includes Chinese.
9. Trainee characteristics for individual Early Year ITT routes are not reported due to low numbers.

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