Data set from Initial Teacher Training Census

4) Postgraduate ITT new entrants by subject, degree class and training route

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Published 3 December 2020

Last updated 3 December 2020

This national level table contains the number of postgraduate new entrants for each ITT route or subject by degree class. The data in this table covers 2019/20 (revised) and 2020/21 (provisional).

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: Initial Teacher Training Census
• Release: Academic year 2020/21
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • First class degree
  • First class degree percentage
  • Lower second class degree
• Filters:
  • Route
  • Subject
• Time period: 2019/20 to 2020/21

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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	Route_recoded	Subject_recoded	n_total	n_degree_first	n_degree_usecond	n_degree_lsecond	n_degree_other	per_degree_first	per_degree_usecond	per_degree_lsecond	per_degree_other
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Higher Education Institution	Art & Design	184	41	96	40	7	22	52	22	4
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Higher Education Institution	Biology	939	182	502	220	35	19	53	23	4
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Higher Education Institution	Business Studies	61	9	34	16	2	15	56	26	3
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Higher Education Institution	Chemistry	350	68	164	98	20	19	47	28	6
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Higher Education Institution	Classics	46	14	24	5	3	30	52	11	7

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 11 variables

Variable name	Variable description
n_degree_first	First class degree
n_degree_lsecond	Lower second class degree
n_degree_other	Other degree
n_degree_usecond	Upper second class degree
n_total	Total with known degree class

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Footnotes

1. Design & Technology: includes food technology and engineering.
2. Degree Class: 2:1 includes undivided 2nd.
3. 2020/21 postgraduate totals do not include forecasts in this table.
4. Total Ebacc: EBacc here includes English, mathematics, modern foreign languages, physics, biology, chemistry, history, geography, computing and classics. Trainees on the 'PE with Ebacc' programme are not included.
5. Figures for 2020/21 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2019/20 have been revised.
6. Total with known degree: excludes trainees whose degree classes are unknown.
7. Other degree class: includes international degrees which have different grading classes, degree classes below 2:2, and other. It excludes trainees whose degrees classed as not known or not applicable.
8. Other: includes media and communication studies, social studies, and psychology.
9. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures.
10. Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship: The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship (PGTA) was introduced in 2018/19.
11. Data was extracted on 13 November 2020.
12. Physical Education: includes dance.
13. Business studies: includes economics
14. Subject: The subject given here is ITT subject and may not be the same as the subject of the undergraduate degree held.
15. Primary: Prior to 2018/19, a small number of Primary trainees on subject specialist courses were reported against their subject specialism and were included in Total Secondary. From 2018/19, they are reported as Primary.

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