Data set from Initial Teacher Training Census

5) Postgraduate ITT new entrants by training route and personal characteristics

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Published 3 December 2020

Last updated 3 December 2020

This national level table contains the number of both postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants for each ITT route by characteristic (eg. age, gender, etc.). The data in this table covers 2019/20 (revised) and 2020/21 (provisional).

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: Initial Teacher Training Census
• Release: Academic year 2020/21
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Aged 25 to 29
  • Aged 25 to 29 percentage
  • Aged 30 to 34
• Filters:
  • Route
• Time period: 2019/20 to 2020/21

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	Route_recoded	n_total	n_ftime	n_ptime	n_age_u25	n_age_2529	n_age_3034	n_age_3539	n_age_4044	n_age_4549	n_age_5054	n_age_o55	mean_age	median_age	n_gender_m	n_gender_f	n_gender_other	n_phase_p	p_gender_m	p_gender_f	p_gender_other	n_phase_s	s_gender_m	s_gender_f	s_gender_other	n_EEA_nat	n_UK_nat	n_other_nat	n_known_nat	n_ethnic_major	n_ethnic_minor	n_disability	n_nondisability	per_total	per_ftime	per_ptime	per_age_u25	per_age_2529	per_age_3034	per_age_3539	per_age_4044	per_age_4549	per_age_5054	per_age_o55	per_gender_m	per_gender_f	per_gender_other	per_phase_p	per_p_gender_m	per_p_gender_f	per_p_gender_other	per_phase_s	per_s_gender_m	per_s_gender_f	per_s_gender_other	per_ethnic_major	per_ethnic_minor	per_disability	per_nondisability	per_EEA_nat	per_UK_nat	per_other_nat
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Higher Education Institution	12757	12679	78	7561	2824	934	527	381	297	162	71	26	24	3947	8804	6	5073	888	4183	2	7684	3059	4621	4	841	11140	323	12304	9647	2865	1996	10761	38	99	1	59	22	7	4	3	2	1	1	31	69	0	40	18	82	0	60	40	60	0	77	23	16	84	7	91	3
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship	164	159	5	37	57	25	15	13	12	4	1	31	28	41	123	0	121	20	101	0	43	21	22	0	8	153	3	164	121	36	11	151	0	97	3	23	35	15	9	8	7	2	1	25	75	0	74	17	83	0	26	49	51	0	77	23	7	93	5	93	2
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Postgraduate Total	28917	28617	300	14564	6952	2609	1690	1306	1058	524	214	28	24	8521	20368	28	12216	2101	10110	5	16701	6420	10258	23	1457	26174	719	28350	22210	5096	3602	24643	86	99	1	50	24	9	6	5	4	2	1	29	70	0	42	17	83	0	58	38	61	0	81	19	13	87	5	92	3
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	School Centred ITT	3936	3902	34	1693	993	411	264	247	194	86	48	29	25	1199	2736	1	1509	277	1232	0	2427	922	1504	1	151	3687	97	3935	3087	495	324	3511	12	99	1	43	25	10	7	6	5	2	1	30	70	0	38	18	82	0	62	38	62	0	86	14	8	92	4	94	2
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	School Direct (fee-funded)	7907	7834	73	3591	1889	759	595	441	378	180	74	29	25	2277	5626	4	3341	554	2787	0	4566	1723	2839	4	285	7412	145	7842	6456	927	897	6977	23	99	1	45	24	10	8	6	5	2	1	29	71	0	42	17	83	0	58	38	62	0	87	13	11	89	4	95	2

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 62 variables

Variable name	Variable description
mean_age	Mean age
median_age	Median age
n_age_2529	Aged 25 to 29
n_age_3034	Aged 30 to 34
n_age_3539	Aged 35 to 39

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Footnotes

1. Teach First do not offer a part time training option.
2. Mean and median age: ages are calculated after first rounding down the trainee age to the nearest year.
3. Full time: Includes a small number of trainees on abridged courses. Abridged courses are intensive full-time courses allowing trainees to achieve qualified teacher status in a shorter timeframe, typically two terms.
4. 2020/21 postgraduate totals do not include forecasts in this table.
5. Figures for 2020/21 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2019/20 have been revised.
6. Disability Status: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where disability status is unknown.
7. Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
8. EEA National: here relates to individuals with a European Union, European Economic Area or Swiss nationality, excluding the UK.
9. Age groups: are based on the ages of new entrants on the day of the census, 14 October 2020. Ages are rounded down to the nearest year, for example, a trainee aged 29.5 is placed in the 25-29 age group.
10. Gender other: in this year's publication, trainees who are not recorded as male or female have been included in 'Other'.
11. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures.
12. Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship: The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship (PGTA) was introduced in 2018/19.
13. Data was extracted on 13 November 2020.
14. Undergraduate: The majority of undergraduate provision is offered by higher education institutions, except for 59 trainees on undergraduate school centred ITT programmes.
15. Ethnicity: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where ethnicity is unknown or not declared.
16. Ethnic minority (excluding white minorities): includes the following ethnicities: Black or black British - Caribbean, Black or black British - African, Other black background, Asian or Asian British - Indian, Asian or Asian British - Pakistani, Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi, Chinese, Other Asian background, Mixed, Arab, Other ethnic background.

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