Academic year 2020/21

Initial Teacher Training Census

Data guidance

Published 3 December 2020

Description

This document describes the data included in the Initial teacher training performance profiles Official Statistics release’s underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License (opens in a new tab) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data (opens in a new tab). The methodology, found at the bottom of the publication site, should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data. 

Coverage

This release provides provisional  numbers of new entrants to ITT courses starting in the academic year 2020/21. The release also provides revised numbers of new entrants to ITT courses starting in the academic year 2019/20. It includes information on:

• training route and subject 

• trainee characteristics 

File formats and conventions

Suppression

Suppression has been applied to the following personal characteristics: 

• Gender

• Disability status

The following symbols have been used within the publication and are defined below:

0	Zero
c	Small number suppressed to preserve confidentiality
z	Not applicable
:	Not available

Data files

All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.

1) Postgraduate ITT new entrants (including forecast new entrants) and targets by subject

• Filename: table_1_subjects_target_characteristics.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2019/20 to 2020/21
• Content:

  This national level table contains the number of postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants to ITT by subject, as well as performance against recruitment targets and characteristics for postgraduates. The data in this table covers 2019/20 (revised) and 2020/21 (provisional).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
Forecast	Forecast trainees
grand_tot	Total new entrants to ITT
per_EEA_nat	EEA National percentage
per_gender_f	Female percentage
per_gender_m	Male percentage
per_gender_other	Other gender percentage
per_other_nat	Other nationality percentage
per_TSM	Percentage of TSM target reached
per_UK_nat	UK National percentage
pg_EEA_nat	EEA National
pg_gender_f	Female
pg_gender_m	Male
pg_gender_other	Other gender
pg_known_nat	Total with known nationality
pg_other_nat	Other nationality
pg_tot_for	Postgraduate new entrants to ITT
pg_total	Total postgraduates excluding forecasts
pg_UK_nat	UK National
Subject_recoded	Subject
TSM_Target	Central postgraduate target
ug_total	Undergraduate new entrants to ITT

Footnotes

1. Design & Technology: includes food technology and engineering.
2. 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.
3. Figures for 2020/21 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2019/20 have been revised.
4. EEA National: here relates to individuals with a European Union, European Economic Area or Swiss nationality, excluding the UK.
5. Other: includes media and communication studies, social studies, and psychology.
6. Gender other: in this year's publication, trainees who are not recorded as male or female have been included in 'Other'.
7. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures.
8. Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
9. 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.
10. Data was extracted on 13 November 2020.
11. Physical Education: includes dance.
12. Business studies: includes economics
13. Subject: The subject given here is ITT subject and may not be the same as the subject of the undergraduate degree held.
14. 2020/21: postgraduate numbers include forecast trainees.
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.

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

• Filename: table_2_subjects_target_time_series.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21
• Content:

  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.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
grand_tot	Postgraduate and undergraduate total
pg_total	Postgraduate total
subject_recoded	Subject
TSM_perc	Percentage of target reached
TSM_target	Central postgraduate target
ug_total	Undergraduate total

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.

3) ITT new entrants by subject and training route

• Filename: table_3_route_by_subject.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2019/20 to 2020/21
• Content:

  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) and 2020/21 (provisional).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
n_art	Art
n_bio	Biology
n_bus	Business Studies
n_che	Chemistry
n_cla	Classics
n_com	Computing
n_dra	Drama
n_dt	Design & Technology
n_EBACC	EBacc secondary total
n_eng	English
n_geo	Geography
n_his	History
n_mat	Mathematics
n_mfl	MFL
n_mus	Music
n_non_EBACC	Non-Ebacc secondary total
n_oth	Other subject
n_pe	Physical Education
n_phy	Physics
n_pri	Primary
n_re	Religious Education
n_sec	Secondary
n_STEM	STEM secondary total
n_total	Total
per_art	Art percentage
per_bio	Biology percentage
per_bus	Business Studies percentage
per_che	Chemistry percentage
per_cla	Classics percentage
per_com	Computing percentage
per_dra	Drama percentage
per_dt	Design & Technology percentage
per_EBACC	EBacc secondary percentage
per_eng	English percentage
per_geo	Geography percentage
per_his	History percentage
per_mat	Mathematics percentage
per_mfl	MFL percentage
per_mus	Music percentage
per_non_EBACC	Non-Ebacc secondary percentage
per_oth	Other subject percentage
per_pe	Physical Education percentage
per_phy	Physics percentage
per_pri	Primary percentage
per_re	Religious Education percentage
per_sec	Secondary percentage
per_STEM	STEM secondary percentage
Route_recoded	Route

Footnotes

1. Design & Technology: includes food technology and engineering.
2. 2020/21 postgraduate totals do not include forecasts in this table.
3. 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.
4. Figures for 2020/21 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2019/20 have been revised.
5. Other: includes media and communication studies, social studies, and psychology.
6. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures.
7. Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship: The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship (PGTA) was introduced in 2018/19.
8. Data was extracted on 13 November 2020.
9. Undergraduate: The majority of undergraduate provision is offered by higher education institutions, except for 59 trainees on undergraduate school centred ITT programmes.
10. Physical Education: includes dance.
11. Business studies: includes economics
12. Subject: The subject given here is ITT subject and may not be the same as the subject of the undergraduate degree held.
13. 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.

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

• Filename: table_4_route_subject_by_degree_class.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2019/20 to 2020/21
• Content:

  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).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

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
per_degree_first	First class degree percentage
per_degree_lsecond	Lower second class degree percentage
per_degree_other	Other degree percentage
per_degree_usecond	Upper second class degree percentage
Route_recoded	Route
Subject_recoded	Subject

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.

5) Postgraduate ITT new entrants by training route and personal characteristics

• Filename: table5.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2019/20 to 2020/21
• Content:

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

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
mean_age	Mean age
median_age	Median age
n_age_2529	Aged 25 to 29
n_age_3034	Aged 30 to 34
n_age_3539	Aged 35 to 39
n_age_4044	Aged 40 to 44
n_age_4549	Aged 45 to 49
n_age_5054	Aged 50 to 54
n_age_o55	Aged over 55
n_age_u25	Aged under 25
n_disability	Disability declared
n_EEA_nat	Nationality EEA
n_ethnic_major	White
n_ethnic_minor	Ethnic minority (excluding white minorities)
n_ftime	Full-time
n_gender_f	Female
n_gender_m	Male
n_gender_other	Other gender
n_known_nat	Nationality total known
n_nondisability	No disability declared
n_other_nat	Nationality other
n_phase_p	Primary
n_phase_s	Secondary
n_ptime	Part-time
n_total	Total
n_UK_nat	Nationality UK
p_gender_f	Primary female
p_gender_m	Primary male
p_gender_other	Primary other gender
per_age_2529	Aged 25 to 29 percentage
per_age_3034	Aged 30 to 34 percentage
per_age_3539	Aged 35 to 39 percentage
per_age_4044	Aged 40 to 44 percentage
per_age_4549	Aged 45 to 49 percentage
per_age_5054	Aged 50 to 54 percentage
per_age_o55	Aged over 55 percentage
per_age_u25	Aged under 25 percentage
per_disability	Disability declared percentage
per_EEA_nat	Nationality EEA percentage
per_ethnic_major	White percentage
per_ethnic_minor	Ethnic minority (excluding white minorities) percentage
per_ftime	Full-Time percentage
per_gender_f	Female percentage
per_gender_m	Male percentage
per_gender_other	Other gender percentage
per_nondisability	No disability declared percentage
per_other_nat	Nationality other percentage
per_p_gender_f	Primary female percentage
per_p_gender_m	Primary male percentage
per_p_gender_other	Primary other gender percentage
per_phase_p	Primary percentage
per_phase_s	Secondary percentage
per_ptime	Part-time percentage
per_s_gender_f	Secondary female percentage
per_s_gender_m	Secondary male percentage
per_s_gender_other	Secondary other gender percentage
per_total	Total percentage
per_UK_nat	Nationality UK percentage
Route_recoded	Route
s_gender_f	Secondary female
s_gender_m	Secondary male
s_gender_other	Secondary other

Footnotes

1. Teach First do not offer a part time training option.
2. Mean and median age: ages are calculated after first rounding down the trainee age to the nearest year.
3. 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.
4. 2020/21 postgraduate totals do not include forecasts in this table.
5. Figures for 2020/21 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2019/20 have been revised.
6. Disability Status: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where disability status is unknown.
7. Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
8. EEA National: here relates to individuals with a European Union, European Economic Area or Swiss nationality, excluding the UK.
9. Age groups: are based on the ages of new entrants on the day of the census, 14 October 2020. Ages are rounded down to the nearest year, for example, a trainee aged 29.5 is placed in the 25-29 age group.
10. Gender other: in this year's publication, trainees who are not recorded as male or female have been included in 'Other'.
11. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures.
12. Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship: The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship (PGTA) was introduced in 2018/19.
13. Data was extracted on 13 November 2020.
14. Undergraduate: The majority of undergraduate provision is offered by higher education institutions, except for 59 trainees on undergraduate school centred ITT programmes.
15. Ethnicity: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where ethnicity is unknown or not declared.
16. Ethnic minority (excluding white minorities): includes the following ethnicities: Black or black British - Caribbean, Black or black British - African, Other black background, Asian or Asian British - Indian, Asian or Asian British - Pakistani, Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi, Chinese, Other Asian background, Mixed, Arab, Other ethnic background.

6) Postgraduate ITT new entrants by ethnic group

• Filename: table_6_routes_ethnicity.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2019/20 to 2020/21
• Content:

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

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
Ethnicity_Full	Ethnic group
Ethnicity_recoded	Ethnic minority status
n_total	Postgraduate total
per_total	Postgraduate percentage

Footnotes

1. 2020/21 postgraduate totals do not include forecasts in this table.
2. Figures for 2020/21 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2019/20 have been revised.
3. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures.
4. Data was extracted on 13 November 2020.
5. Ethnicity: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where ethnicity is unknown or not declared.
6. Ethnic minority (excluding white minorities): includes the following ethnicities: Black or black British - Caribbean, Black or black British - African, Other black background, Asian or Asian British - Indian, Asian or Asian British - Pakistani, Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi, Chinese, Other Asian background, Mixed, Arab, Other ethnic background.

7) Postgraduate ITT new entrants by training routes and personal characteristics

• Filename: table_7_route_characteristic_time_series.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21
• Content:

  This national level table contains the number of postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants to ITT by characteristics for 2015/16 to 2020/21.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
level_recoded	ITT Level
n_age_2529	Aged 25 to 29
n_age_3034	Aged 30 to 34
n_age_3539	Aged 35 to 39
n_age_4044	Aged 40 to 44
n_age_4549	Aged 45 to 49
n_age_5054	Aged 50 to 54
n_age_o55	Aged over 55
n_age_u25	Aged under 25
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_degree_usecond_better	Upper second or higher class degree
n_disability	Disability declared
n_EEA_national	Nationality UK
n_ethnic_major	White
n_ethnic_minor	Ethnic minority (excluding white minorities)
n_known_nationality	Nationality total known
n_nondisability	No disability declared
n_other_nationality	Nationality other
n_phase_p	Primary
n_phase_s	Secondary
n_uk_national	Nationality EEA
p_gender_f	Primary female
p_gender_m	Primary male
per_age_2529	Aged 25 to 29 percentage
per_age_3034	Aged 30 to 34 percentage
per_age_3539	Aged 35 to 39 percentage
per_age_4044	Aged 40 to 44 percentage
per_age_4549	Aged 45 to 49 percentage
per_age_5054	Aged 50 to 54 percentage
per_age_o55	Aged over 55 percentage
per_age_u25	Aged under 25 percentage
per_degree_first	First class degree percentage
per_degree_lsecond	Lower second class degree percentage
per_degree_other	Other degree percentage
per_degree_usecond	Upper second class degree percentage
per_degree_usecond_better	Upper second or higher class degree percentage
per_disability	Disability declared percentage
per_EEA_nat	Nationality UK percentage
per_ethnic_major	White percentage
per_ethnic_minor	Ethnic minority (excluding white minorities) percentage
per_nondisability	No disability declared percentage
per_other_nat	Nationality other percentage
per_p_gender_f	Primary female percentage
per_p_gender_m	Primary male percentage
per_s_gender_f	Secondary male percentage
per_s_gender_m	Secondary female percentage
per_UK_graduates_usecond_better	UK graduate upper second or higher class degree percentage
per_UK_nat	Nationality EEA percentage
s_gender_f	Secondary female
s_gender_m	Secondary male

Footnotes

1. UK graduates percentages: Figures obtained are from data published by HESA and are based on the latest available data at the time of publication. Percentages are based on numbers rounded to the nearest multiple of 5. https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/outcomes.
2. Degree Class: 2:1 includes undivided 2nd.
3. 2020/21 postgraduate totals do not include forecasts in this table.
4. Figures for 2020/21 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2019/20 have been revised.
5. Disability Status: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where disability status is unknown.
6. Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
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. EEA National: here relates to individuals with a European Union, European Economic Area or Swiss nationality, excluding the UK.
9. Age groups: are based on the ages of new entrants on the day of the census, 14 October 2020. Ages are rounded down to the nearest year, for example, a trainee aged 29.5 is placed in the 25-29 age group.
10. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures.
11. Data was extracted on 13 November 2020.
12. Ethnicity: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where ethnicity is unknown or not declared.
13. Ethnic minority (excluding white minorities): includes the following ethnicities: Black or black British - Caribbean, Black or black British - African, Other black background, Asian or Asian British - Indian, Asian or Asian British - Pakistani, Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi, Chinese, Other Asian background, Mixed, Arab, Other ethnic background.
14. Prior to 2017/18, trainees who did not identify as Male or Female were reported as "Female". From 2017/18 onwards, these trainees are not included due to small numbers.

8) ITT new entrants by region and training route

• Filename: table_8_route_region.csv
• Geographic levels: Regional
• Time period: 2019/20 to 2020/21
• Content:

  This regional level table contains the number of both postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants new entrants for each ITT route by geographic region. The data in this table covers 2019/20 (revised) and 2020/21 (provisional).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
n_total	Total
Route_recoded	Route

Footnotes

1. Government Office Region: Region is determined by the location of the provider, which is not necessarily where the trainee is located.
2. 2020/21 postgraduate totals do not include forecasts in this table.
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. Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship: The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship (PGTA) was introduced in 2018/19.
6. Data was extracted on 13 November 2020.
7. Undergraduate: The majority of undergraduate provision is offered by higher education institutions, except for 59 trainees on undergraduate school centred ITT programmes.

9) EYITT new entrants by training route and personal characteristics

• Filename: table_9_eyitt.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2019/20 to 2020/21
• Content:

  This national level table contains the number of both postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants new entrants to Early Years ITT courses by route and characteristics. The data in this table covers 2019/20 (revised) and 2020/21 (provisional).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
n_age_o55	Aged 25 and over
n_age_u25	Aged under 25
n_disability	Disability declared
n_ethnic_major	White
n_ethnic_minor	Ethnic minority (excluding white minorities)
n_gender_f	Female
n_gender_m	Male
n_gender_other	Other gender
n_nondisability	No disability declared
n_total	Total
per_age_o55	Aged 25 and over percentage
per_age_u25	Aged under 25 percentage
per_disability	Disability declared percentage
per_ethnic_major	White percentage
per_ethnic_minor	Ethnic minority (excluding white minorities) percentage
per_gender_f	Female percentage
per_gender_m	Male percentage
per_gender_other	Other gender percentage
per_nondisability	No disability declared percentage
Route	Route

Footnotes

1. Figures for 2020/21 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2019/20 have been revised.
2. Disability Status: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where disability status is unknown.
3. EYITT Undergraduate Entry: Undergraduates are not reported due to low numbers.
4. Age groups: are based on the ages of new entrants on the day of the census, 14 October 2020. Ages are rounded down to the nearest year, for example, a trainee aged 29.5 is placed in the 25-29 age group.
5. Gender other: in this year's publication, trainees who are not recorded as male or female have been included in 'Other'.
6. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures.
7. Data was extracted on 13 November 2020.
8. Ethnicity: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where ethnicity is unknown or not declared.
9. Ethnic minority (excluding white minorities): includes the following ethnicities: Black or black British - Caribbean, Black or black British - African, Other black background, Asian or Asian British - Indian, Asian or Asian British - Pakistani, Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi, Chinese, Other Asian background, Mixed, Arab, Other ethnic background.