Table 8 - ITT new entrants by region and training route
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This regional level table contains the number of both postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants for each ITT route by geographic region. The data in this table covers 2019/20 to 2025/26 (2025/26 is provisional, all previous years are revised).
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Data set details
- Theme
- Teachers and school workforce
- Publication
- Initial Teacher Training Census
- Release
- Academic year 2025/26
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 1,070
- Geographic levels
- National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of trainees
- Percentage of trainees
- Filters
- ITT route
- Time period
- 2019/20 to 2025/26
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | breakdown_topic | breakdown | trainee_number | trainee_percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201920 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | PG fee-funded | Higher Education | 1269 | 52 |
| 201920 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | PG fee-funded | School Centred ITT | 636 | 26 |
| 201920 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | PG fee-funded | Total | 1905 | 79 |
| 201920 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | PG Salaried School Direct | Higher Education | 22 | 1 |
| 201920 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | PG Salaried School Direct | School Centred ITT | 44 | 2 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| breakdown | ITT route |
| trainee_number | Number of trainees |
| trainee_percentage | Percentage of trainees |
Footnotes
- Percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%
- Data was extracted on 10 November 2025
- Figures for 2025/26 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2024/25 and all previous years have been revised.
- Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures prior to 2021/22.
- Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship: The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship (PGTA) was introduced in 2018/19.
- The 2024/25 revised and 2025/26 provisional data does not contain forecast trainees, this is due to a change in data collection methodology.
- Undergraduate: The majority of undergraduate provision is offered by higher education institutions.
- Government Office Region: Region is determined by the location of the provider, which is not necessarily where the trainee is located.
- Schools direct salaried: includes salaried programmes i.e. Future Teaching Scholars Programme
- Due to a change in how the provider is reported for High Potential ITT trainees, from 2021/22, all trainees are now located in London.
- Previously excluded self-funded trainees are now included in trainee numbers from 2019/20 academic year onwards. Please see methodology for more details.
- Undergraduate Teacher Degree Apprenticeship is a new route from 2025/26.
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