Data set from Teacher demand and postgraduate trainee need

2026-27 PGITT trainee need

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Published 23 April 2026

Last updated 23 April 2026

PGITT trainee need time series data.

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: Teacher demand and postgraduate trainee need
• Release: Academic year 2026/27
• Number of rows: 126
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Difference to previous year
  • Percentage change to previous year
  • Postgraduate initial teacher training (PGITT) trainee need
• Filters:
  • ITT subject
• Time period: 2021/22 to 2026/27

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	subject	education_phase	pgitt_trainee_need_count	difference_to_previous_year_count	difference_to_previous_year_percent
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Primary	10800	x	x
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Mathematics	Secondary	2800	x	x
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Biology	Secondary	820	x	x
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Chemistry	Secondary	1080	x	x
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Physics	Secondary	2530	x	x

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables

Variable name	Variable description
difference_to_previous_year_count	Difference to previous year
difference_to_previous_year_percent	Percentage change to previous year
pgitt_trainee_need_count	Postgraduate initial teacher training (PGITT) trainee need
subject	ITT subject

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Footnotes

1. Postgraduate initial teacher training (PGITT) trainee need has been rounded to the nearest 5.
2. ‘Others’ includes Child Development, Citizenship, Law, Media Studies, Other Social Studies, Other Technology, Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and Social Sciences among others.

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Email: ittstatistics.publications@education.gov.uk
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