Data set from Initial Teacher Training Census

2) Postgraduate ITT new entrants and targets time series by subject

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This national level table contains the number of new entrants to ITT by subject for postgraduates and undergraduates and performance against recruitment targets for 2015/16 to 2020/21.

Data set details

Theme
Teachers and school workforce
Publication
Initial Teacher Training Census
Release
Academic year 2020/21
Release type
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Central postgraduate target
  • Percentage of target reached
  • Postgraduate and undergraduate total
Filters
  • Subject
Time period
2015/16 to 2020/21

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_namesubject_recodedpg_totalug_totalgrand_totTSM_targetTSM_perc
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandArt & Design506::79464
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandBiology1058::117890
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandBusiness Studies200::31364
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandChemistry985::105394
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandComputing504::72370

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables
Variable nameVariable description
grand_totPostgraduate and undergraduate total
pg_totalPostgraduate total
subject_recodedSubject
TSM_percPercentage of target reached
TSM_targetCentral postgraduate target

Footnotes

  1. Design & Technology: includes food technology and engineering.
  2. Business Studies: includes economics from 2019/20
  3. Figures for 2020/21 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2019/20 have been revised.
  4. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures.
  5. Other subject: here includes a different mix of subjects to the main targets by subject table, this is for consistency with historic teacher supply model groupings; Other includes drama from 2014/15 and citizenship from 2015/16, and languages contains classics
  6. Central postgraduate targets are taken from the teacher supply model https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training#teacher-supply-model-and-itt-allocations. The teacher supply model target relates to postgraduates only.
  7. Data was extracted on 13 November 2020.
  8. Subject: The subject given here is ITT subject and may not be the same as the subject of the undergraduate degree held.
  9. 2020/21: postgraduate numbers include forecast trainees.
  10. 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.
  11. Modern Foreign Languages: here includes classics.

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