Data set from Initial Teacher Training Census

Table 2 - ITT new entrants and targets by subject time series

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This national level table contains the number of new entrants to ITT by subject for postgraduates and undergraduates and performance against ITT recruitment targets for 2015/16 to 2024/25 (provisional for 2024/25 and revised for previous years).

Data set details

Theme
Teachers and school workforce
Publication
Initial Teacher Training Census
Release type
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Number of trainees
  • Percentage of trainees
Filters
  • ITT Level
  • ITT subject
Time period
2015/16 to 2024/25

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameitt_subjectbreakdown_topicbreakdowntrainee_numbertrainee_percentage
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandArt & DesignEntrantsTotalNANA
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandArt & DesignEntrantsPostgraduates506NA
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandArt & DesignEntrantsUndergraduatesNANA
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandArt & DesignTargetITT Recruitment79464
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandBiologyEntrantsTotalNANA

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables
Variable nameVariable description
breakdownITT Level
itt_subjectITT subject
trainee_numberNumber of trainees
trainee_percentagePercentage of trainees

Footnotes

  1. Others includes media and communication studies, social studies, citizenship and psychology.
  2. Percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
  3. Business Studies: includes economics from 2019/20
  4. Design & Technology: includes food technology and engineering.
  5. The Teacher Workforce Model (TWM) is used by DfE to set postgraduate ITT targets https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/postgraduate-initial-teacher-training-targets/2024-25.
  6. Physical Education: includes dance.
  7. Subject: The subject given here is ITT subject and may not be the same as the subject of the undergraduate degree held.
  8. Figures for 2024/25 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2023/24 and all previous years have been revised.
  9. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures prior to 2021/22.
  10. Data from 2021/22 does not contain forecast trainees, this is due to a change in data collection methodology.
  11. Modern Foreign Languages: here includes classics.
  12. Other subject: here includes a different mix of subjects to the main targets by subject table, this is for consistency with historic teacher supply model groupings; Other includes Drama from 2014/15 and Citizenship from 2015/16.
  13. Undergraduate: The majority of undergraduate provision is offered by higher education institutions.
  14. Proportions exclude trainees where information was not supplied, or where characteristics/information were reported as ‘unknown’.
  15. Primary: Prior to 2018/19, a small number of Primary trainees on subject specialist courses were reported against their subject specialism and were included in Total Secondary. From 2018/19, they are reported as Primary.
  16. Data was extracted on 7 January 2025.

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