Academic year 2025/26

Initial Teacher Training Census

Annual national and provider level statistics on new entrants to Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in England and their characteristics.

Release type
Published
Last updated
2 updatesfor Academic year 2025/26

Get help by contacting us

If you have a specific enquiry about Initial Teacher Training Census statistics and data:

ITT Routes Analysis and Research team

Email: ittstatistics.publications@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Sarah Amis

Press office

If you have a media enquiry:

Telephone: 020 7783 8300

Public enquiries

If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:

Phone: 0370 000 2288

Opening times

Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)


Official statistics

These are Official Statistics and have been produced in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (opens in new tab).

This can be broadly interpreted to mean that these statistics are:

  • managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
  • meet identified user needs
  • produced according to sound methods
  • well explained and readily accessible

Find out more about the standards we follow to produce these statistics through our Standards for official statistics published by DfE guidance (opens in new tab).

Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).

OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.

You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website (opens in new tab).


Pre-release access list

Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.

  • Secretary of State for Education
  • Minister for School Standards
  • Minister for Skills
  • Special Advisers, DfE
  • Permanent Secretary, DfE
  • Director General, Schools Group
  • Director, School Workforce Directorate
  • Statistics Head of Profession, DfE
  • Chief Analyst, DfE
  • Statistics Deputy Head of Profession, DfE
  • Deputy Director, Teacher Training and Recruitment (TTR) Division
  • G6, TTR (Becoming a Teacher Policy Design)
  • G6, TTR (Pathways for International and Experienced Teachers)
  • Deputy Director, School Workforce Strategy Division
  • G6, 6.5K Teachers Unit
  • G7, School Workforce Strategy  Unit
  • Deputy Director, Press Office
  • G6, News and Social Media Division
  • G7, News and Social Media Division
  • Senior Media Officer, News and Social Media Division
  • Senior Social Media Officer, News and Social Media Division