Data set from Initial Teacher Training Census

Table 1 - ITT new entrants, recruitment targets and trainee characteristics by subject

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This national level table contains number of new entrants to ITT by subject,characteristics for postgraduates and performance against ITT recruitment targets. This table covers 2019/20 to 2024/25 (2024/25 is provisional, previous years are revised).

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
  • Characteristics
  • ITT subject
Time period
2019/20 to 2024/25

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameitt_subjectbreakdown_topicbreakdowntrainee_numbertrainee_percentage
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandArt & DesignTotalPostgraduates413100
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandArt & DesignTotalUndergraduates00
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandArt & DesignTargetITT Recruitment66862
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandArt & DesignSexMale6415
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandArt & DesignSexFemale34884

Variables in this data set

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

Footnotes

  1. EBacc Subjects are English, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, History, Geography, Computing and Classics.
  2. STEM Subjects are Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Mathematics and Physics.
  3. EEA national relates to individuals from within the European Union, European Economic Area or those included in the single market - this includes Swiss nationality. The UK is not included in these figures.
  4. Others includes media and communication studies, social studies, citizenship and psychology.
  5. Percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
  6. Business studies: includes economics
  7. Design & Technology: includes food technology and engineering.
  8. 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.
  9. Physical Education: includes dance.
  10. Subject: The subject given here is ITT subject and may not be the same as the subject of the undergraduate degree held.
  11. Figures for 2024/25 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2023/24 and all previous years have been revised.
  12. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures prior to 2021/22.
  13. Sex other: 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'.
  14. Data from 2021/22 does not contain forecast trainees, this is due to a change in data collection methodology.
  15. Undergraduate: The majority of undergraduate provision is offered by higher education institutions.
  16. Proportions exclude trainees where information was not supplied, or where characteristics/information were reported as ‘unknown’.
  17. Data was extracted on 7 January 2025.

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