Data set from Initial Teacher Training Census

5) ITT new entrants by training route and trainee characteristics

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Published 1 December 2022

Last updated 1 December 2022

This national level table contains the number of both postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants for each ITT route by trainee characteristic (eg. age, gender, etc.). The data in this table covers 2019/20 (revised), 2020/21 (revised), 2021/22 (revised) and 2022/23 (provisional).

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: Initial Teacher Training Census
• Release: Academic year 2022/23
• Number of rows: 36
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Total new entrants to ITT
  • Total new entrants to ITT percentage
  • Aged under 25
  • Aged under 25 percentage
  • Aged 25 to 29
  • Aged 25 to 29 percentage
  • Aged 30 to 34
  • Aged 30 to 34 percentage
  • Aged 35 to 39
  • Aged 35 to 39 percentage
  • Aged 40 to 44
  • Aged 40 to 44 percentage
  • Aged 45 to 49
  • Aged 45 to 49 percentage
  • Aged 50 to 54
  • Aged 50 to 54 percentage
  • Aged 55 and over
  • Aged over 55 percentage
  • Mean age
  • Median age
  • Disability declared
  • Disability declared percentage
  • No disability declared
  • No disability declared percentage
  • Asian ethnicity
  • Asian ethnicity percentage
  • Black ethnicity
  • Black ethnicity percentage
  • Mixed ethnicity
  • Mixed ethnicity percentage
  • Other ethnicity
  • Other ethnicity percentage
  • White ethnicity
  • White ethnicity percentage
  • Unknown ethnicity
  • Female
  • Female percentage
  • Male
  • Male percentage
  • Other sex
  • Other sex percentage
  • Primary female
  • Primary female percentage
  • Primary male
  • Primary male percentage
  • Primary other sex
  • Primary other sex percentage
  • Secondary female
  • Secondary female percentage
  • Secondary male
  • Secondary male percentage
  • Secondary other sex
  • Secondary other sex percentage
  • Total primary with known sex
  • Total secondary with known sex
  • Total with known sex
  • EEA national
  • EEA national percentage
  • Other Nationality
  • Other nationality percentage
  • UK national
  • UK national percentage
  • Total with known nationality
  • Full-time
  • Full-time percentage
  • Part-time
  • Part-time percentage
  • Primary
  • Primary percentage
  • Secondary
  • Secondary percentage
• Filters:
  • ITT route
• Time period: 2019/20 to 2022/23

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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	itt_route	total_new_entrants	full_time	part_time	aged_under_25	aged_25_to_29	aged_30_to_34	aged_35_to_39	aged_40_to_44	aged_45_to_49	aged_50_to_54	aged_55_and_over	mean_age	median_age	male	female	other_sex	known_sex	primary	primary_male	primary_female	primary_other_sex	primary_known_sex	secondary	secondary_male	secondary_female	secondary_other_sex	secondary_known_sex	asian_ethnicity	black_ethnicity	mixed_ethnicity	other_ethnicity	white_ethnicity	unknown_ethnicity	disability_declared	no_disability_declared	eea_national	uk_national	other_nationality	total_known_nationality	total_new_entrants_percentage	full_time_percentage	part_time_percentage	aged_under_25_percentage	aged_25_to_29_percentage	aged_30_to_34_percentage	aged_35_to_39_percentage	aged_40_to_44_percentage	aged_45_to_49_percentage	aged_50_to_54_percentage	aged_55_and_over_percentage	male_percentage	female_percentage	other_sex_percentage	primary_percentage	primary_male_percentage	primary_female_percentage	primary_other_sex_percentage	secondary_percentage	secondary_male_percentage	secondary_female_percentage	secondary_other_sex_percentage	asian_ethnicity_percentage	black_ethnicity_percentage	mixed_ethnicity_percentage	white_ethnicity_percentage	other_ethnicity_percentage	disability_declared_percentage	no_disability_declared_percentage	eea_national_percentage	uk_national_percentage	other_nationality_percentage
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	12757	5073	888	4183	2	5073	7684	3059	4621	4	7684	1647	573	440	205	9647	245	1996	10761	841	11140	323	12304	38	99	1	59	22	7	4	3	2	1	1	31	69	0	40	18	82	0	60	40	60	0	13	5	4	77	2	16	84	7	91	3
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	High Potential ITT	1661	1661	0	1104	337	109	52	26	15	15	3	25	23	479	1168	14	1661	425	69	353	3	425	1236	410	815	11	1236	170	69	82	18	1190	132	200	946	64	1542	31	1637	5	100	0	66	20	7	3	2	1	1	0	29	70	1	26	16	83	1	74	33	66	1	11	5	5	78	1	17	83	4	94	2
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	3936	1509	277	1232	0	1509	2427	922	1504	1	2427	338	68	67	22	3087	354	324	3511	151	3687	97	3935	12	99	1	43	25	10	7	6	5	2	1	30	70	0	38	18	82	0	62	38	62	0	9	2	2	86	1	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	7907	3341	554	2787	0	3341	4566	1723	2839	4	4566	484	203	183	57	6456	524	897	6977	285	7412	145	7842	23	99	1	45	24	10	8	6	5	2	1	29	71	0	42	17	83	0	58	38	62	0	7	3	2	87	1	11	89	4	95	2
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	School Direct (salaried)	2492	2382	110	578	852	371	237	198	162	77	17	31	28	578	1911	3	2492	1747	293	1454	0	1747	745	285	457	3	745	184	132	77	41	1709	349	174	2297	108	2240	120	2468	7	96	4	23	34	15	10	8	7	3	1	23	77	0	70	17	83	0	30	38	61	0	9	6	4	80	2	7	93	4	91	5

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 72 variables

Variable name	Variable description
aged_25_to_29	Aged 25 to 29
aged_25_to_29_percentage	Aged 25 to 29 percentage
aged_30_to_34	Aged 30 to 34
aged_30_to_34_percentage	Aged 30 to 34 percentage
aged_35_to_39	Aged 35 to 39
aged_35_to_39_percentage	Aged 35 to 39 percentage
aged_40_to_44	Aged 40 to 44
aged_40_to_44_percentage	Aged 40 to 44 percentage
aged_45_to_49	Aged 45 to 49
aged_45_to_49_percentage	Aged 45 to 49 percentage
aged_50_to_54	Aged 50 to 54
aged_50_to_54_percentage	Aged 50 to 54 percentage
aged_55_and_over	Aged 55 and over
aged_55_and_over_percentage	Aged over 55 percentage
aged_under_25	Aged under 25
aged_under_25_percentage	Aged under 25 percentage
asian_ethnicity	Asian ethnicity
asian_ethnicity_percentage	Asian ethnicity percentage
black_ethnicity	Black ethnicity
black_ethnicity_percentage	Black ethnicity percentage
disability_declared	Disability declared
disability_declared_percentage	Disability declared percentage
eea_national	EEA national
eea_national_percentage	EEA national percentage
female	Female
female_percentage	Female percentage
full_time	Full-time
full_time_percentage	Full-time percentage
itt_route	ITT route
known_sex	Total with known sex
male	Male
male_percentage	Male percentage
mean_age	Mean age
median_age	Median age
mixed_ethnicity	Mixed ethnicity
mixed_ethnicity_percentage	Mixed ethnicity percentage
no_disability_declared	No disability declared
no_disability_declared_percentage	No disability declared percentage
other_ethnicity	Other ethnicity
other_ethnicity_percentage	Other ethnicity percentage
other_nationality	Other Nationality
other_nationality_percentage	Other nationality percentage
other_sex	Other sex
other_sex_percentage	Other sex percentage
part_time	Part-time
part_time_percentage	Part-time percentage
primary	Primary
primary_female	Primary female
primary_female_percentage	Primary female percentage
primary_known_sex	Total primary with known sex
primary_male	Primary male
primary_male_percentage	Primary male percentage
primary_other_sex	Primary other sex
primary_other_sex_percentage	Primary other sex percentage
primary_percentage	Primary percentage
secondary	Secondary
secondary_female	Secondary female
secondary_female_percentage	Secondary female percentage
secondary_known_sex	Total secondary with known sex
secondary_male	Secondary male
secondary_male_percentage	Secondary male percentage
secondary_other_sex	Secondary other sex
secondary_other_sex_percentage	Secondary other sex percentage
secondary_percentage	Secondary percentage
total_known_nationality	Total with known nationality
total_new_entrants	Total new entrants to ITT
total_new_entrants_percentage	Total new entrants to ITT percentage
uk_national	UK national
uk_national_percentage	UK national percentage
unknown_ethnicity	Unknown ethnicity
white_ethnicity	White ethnicity
white_ethnicity_percentage	White ethnicity percentage

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Footnotes

1. Percentages exclude trainees where information was not supplied, or where characteristics were reported as ‘unknown’.
2. Data was extracted on 14 November 2022.
3. it should be noted that a greater number of new entrants reported their ethnicity in the 2022/23 data (97%) compared to the 2021/22 data (90%).
4. Ethnicity: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where ethnicity is unknown or not declared, therefore please consider the impact of the number of unknowns when considering data trends.
5. Figures for 2022/23 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2021/22 and all previous years have been revised.
6. Mean and median age: ages are calculated after first rounding down the trainee age to the nearest year.
7. Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship: The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship (PGTA) was introduced in 2018/19.
8. Breakdown of ITT new entrant data by disability, for both 2022/23 and revised 2021/22 figures will be published after this initial publication. This is due to issues with the quality of the data. We will be updating the publication to include disability status data once the issue is rectified.
9. Schools direct salaried: includes salaried programmes i.e. Future Teaching Scholars Programme
10. Age groups: are based on the ages of new entrants on the day of the census, 12 October 2022. Ages are rounded down to the nearest year, for example, a trainee aged 29.5 is placed in the 25-29 age group.
11. Disability Status: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where disability status is unknown, therefore please consider the impact of the number of unknowns when considering data trends.
12. Teach First do not offer a part time training option.
13. EEA National: here relates to individuals with a European Union, European Economic Area or included in the single market- this includes Swiss nationality. The UK is not included in these figures.
14. Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
15. Other ethnicity includes Arab and Other ethnic background.
16. Asian ethnic group includes Chinese.
17. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures before 2021/22.
18. Sex other: Sex was previously reported as gender. This has been updated as it was previously mislabelled. For 2021/22 and 2022/23, trainees who chose not to provide data on sex have been included in an 'unknown' category. Prior to this they were included in 'other'.
19. Undergraduate: The majority of undergraduate provision is offered by higher education institutions, except for 95 trainees on undergraduate school centred ITT programmes in 2022/23 and 113 trainees in 2021/22.
20. 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.

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