Table 1.2 - ITT new entrants and recruitment targets by subject
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This national level table contains number of new entrants to ITT by subject and performance against ITT recruitment targets. This table covers 2019/20 to 2025/26 (2025/26 is provisional, previous years are revised).
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Data set details
- Theme
- Teachers and school workforce
- Publication
- Initial Teacher Training Census
- Release
- Academic year 2025/26
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 462
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of trainees
- Percentage of trainees
- Filters
- Characteristics
- ITT subject
- Time period
- 2019/20 to 2025/26
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | itt_subject | breakdown_topic | breakdown | trainee_number | trainee_percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Art & Design | Total | Postgraduates in scope of target | 413 | z |
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Art & Design | Target | Postgraduate ITT Target | 668 | 62 |
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Art & Design | Total | Total Postgraduates | 421 | 100 |
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Biology | Total | Postgraduates in scope of target | 1934 | z |
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Biology | Target | Postgraduate ITT Target | 1192 | 162 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| breakdown | Characteristics |
| itt_subject | ITT subject |
| trainee_number | Number of trainees |
| trainee_percentage | Percentage of trainees |
Footnotes
- STEM Subjects are Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Mathematics and Physics.
- Others includes media and communication studies, social studies, citizenship and psychology.
- Percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%
- Business studies: includes economics
- Design & Technology: includes food technology and engineering.
- Physical Education: includes dance.
- 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/2025-26.
- Data was extracted on 10 November 2025
- Subject: The subject given here is ITT subject and may not be the same as the subject of the undergraduate degree held.
- Figures for 2025/26 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2024/25 and all previous years have been revised.
- Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures prior to 2021/22.
- Data from 2021/22 does not contain forecast trainees, this is due to a change in data collection methodology.
- Proportions exclude trainees where information was not supplied, or where characteristics/information were reported as ‘unknown’.
- Self-funded trainees are included in recruitment targets and postgraduates in scope of targets from academic year 2025/26. For 2019/20 to 2024/25, recruitment targets and postgraduates in scope of targets do not include self-funded trainees. Self-funded trainees are included in postgraduate totals for all years. Percentage of recruitment target met refers to postgraduates in scope of target for all years. For more details see methodology.
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