Table 1 - Trainee qualified teacher status and employment outcomes by characteristics
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This national level table contains the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes of postgraduate and undergraduate ITT trainees by characteristics. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2022/223 For 2022/23, employment numbers and rates are provisional, all other years are revised.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Teachers and school workforce
- Publication
- Initial teacher training performance profiles
- Release
- Academic year 2022/23
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of trainees
- Percentage of trainees
- Filters
- Characteristics
- ITT level
- QTS status
- Time period
- 2017/18 to 2022/23
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | course_level_recoded | qts_status | employment_status | breakdown_topic | breakdown | trainee_number | trainee_percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201718 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Postgraduate | Awarded QTS | Teaching in a state-funded school | Total | Total | 20503 | 80 |
| 201718 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Postgraduate | Awarded QTS | Teaching in a state-funded school | Age | Under 25 | 8964 | 81 |
| 201718 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Postgraduate | Awarded QTS | Teaching in a state-funded school | Age | 25 and over | 11539 | 80 |
| 201718 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Postgraduate | Awarded QTS | Teaching in a state-funded school | Sex | Male | 5670 | 76 |
| 201718 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Postgraduate | Awarded QTS | Teaching in a state-funded school | Sex | Female | 14829 | 82 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| breakdown | Characteristics |
| course_level_recoded | ITT level |
| employment_status | Employment status |
| qts_status | QTS status |
| trainee_number | Number of trainees |
Footnotes
- Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state-funded school is the percentage of trainees awarded QTS who are employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of the academic year end. For 2022/23, employment rate figures are provisional (uplifted), all prior years are revised.
- Trainees who were not awarded QTS are those who ended their training during the year and either left the course before the end (excluding those who left the course within 90 days of the start) or did not meet the standards.
- Teaching in a state-funded school is the number of trainees registered as employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of the academic year end. For 2022/23, figures are provisional (uplifted), previous years are revised. Due to rounding, the sum of constituent parts may differ from the reported total. See methodology for further details.
- Only trainees who have course outcomes are included, see methodology for further details.
- This publication was produced using data extracted from the Register Trainee Teachers service from the academic year of 2021/22. This is a move from the previous data source, DTTP (Database of Teacher Training Providers). See methodology for further details.
- Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
- Trainees' age is as recorded on 31st July 2023.
- Sex was previously reported as gender. This has been updated as it was previously mislabelled.
- From 2021/22, trainees who chose not to provide data on sex have been included in an 'Unknown' category. Prior to this they were included in 'Other'.
- Degree classes relate to postgraduate ITT trainees only. From 2021/22, where possible, the first UK degree awarded has been selected. If no UK degree was awarded, the first non-UK degree awarded was selected.
- Those with non-UK degrees or degree-equivalent qualifications are assigned UK style classifications where known.
- 'Upper second' degree class includes undivided second degree class.
- Other degree class includes third class honours degrees, and ‘ordinary’ or ‘general’ degrees awarded after a non-honours course, and degrees awarded after a non-honours course that was not available to be classified. It also includes other categories from non-UK degrees.
- Other ethnicity includes the Arab ethnic background.
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