Data set from Initial Teacher Training Census

3) ITT new entrants by subject and training route

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Published 7 December 2023

Last updated 7 December 2023

This national level table contains the number of both postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants on each ITT route by subject. The data in this table covers 2019/20(revised), 2020/21 (revised), 2021/22 (revised), 2022/23 (revised) and 2023/24 (provisional).

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: Initial Teacher Training Census
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Postgraduate total new entrants to ITT
  • Postgraduate total new entrants to ITT percentage
  • Undergraduate total new entrants to ITT
• Filters:
  • ITT subject
• Time period: 2019/20 to 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	itt_subject	total_new_entrants	high_potential_itt	higher_education_institution	postgraduate_teaching_apprenticeship	school_centred_itt	school_direct_fee_funded	school_direct_salaried	undergraduate	total_postgraduates	high_potential_itt_postgraduate_percentage	higher_education_institution_postgraduate_percentage	postgraduate_teaching_apprenticeship_postgraduate_percentage	school_centred_itt_postgraduate_percentage	school_direct_fee_funded_postgraduate_percentage	school_direct_salaried_postgraduate_percentage	undergraduate_percentage	total_postgraduates_percentage
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Art & Design	413	0	212	0	69	127	5	0	413	0	51	0	17	31	1	0	100
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Biology	1946	156	950	3	253	522	53	9	1937	8	49	0	13	27	3	0	100
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Business Studies	185	36	67	2	21	35	24	0	185	19	36	1	11	19	13	0	100
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Chemistry	773	41	353	3	115	223	35	3	770	5	46	0	15	29	5	0	100
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Classics	71	0	47	2	4	18	0	0	71	0	66	3	6	25	0	0	100

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 18 variables

Variable name	Variable description
high_potential_itt	High Potential ITT trainees
high_potential_itt_postgraduate_percentage	High Potential ITT trainees percentage
higher_education_institution	Higher Education Institution trainees
higher_education_institution_postgraduate_percentage	Higher Education Institution trainees percentage
itt_subject	ITT subject

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Footnotes

1. STEM Subjects are Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Mathematics and Physics.
2. Business studies: includes economics
3. Design & Technology: includes food technology and engineering.
4. Other: includes media and communication studies, social studies, and psychology.
5. Physical Education: includes dance.
6. Subject: The subject given here is ITT subject and may not be the same as the subject of the undergraduate degree held.
7. Data was extracted on 21 November 2023.
8. Figures for 2023/24 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2022/23 and all previous years have been revised.
9. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures prior to 2021/22.
10. 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.
11. Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
12. Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship: The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship (PGTA) was introduced in 2018/19.
13. The 2022/23 revised and 2023/24 provisional data does not contain forecast trainees, this is due to a change in data collection methodology. 
14. Undergraduate: The majority of undergraduate provision is offered by higher education institutions.
15. Schools direct salaried: includes salaried programmes i.e. Future Teaching Scholars Programme
16. Proportions exclude trainees where information was not supplied, or where characteristics/information were reported as ‘unknown’.
17. Other contains Citizenship trainees. There were 40 Citizenship trainees in 2022/23 and 23 in 2023/24.

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