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Academic year 2023/24
Initial Teacher Training Census
Data guidance
Published
Description
This document describes the data included in the Initial Teacher Training Census 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 2023/24. The release also provides revised numbers of new entrants to ITT courses starting in the academic year 2022/23. It includes information on:
• training route and subject
• trainee characteristics
This release also provides application data for postgraduate courses that start in 2022/23 and 2023/24.
File formats and conventions
Suppression
Suppression has been applied to the following personal characteristics:
• Gender
• Disability status
• Ethnic group
• Degree
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
x
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) ITT new entrants, recruitment targets and trainee characteristics by subject
Filename
table_1_subject_characteristics.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2019/20 to 2023/24
Content
This national level table contains the number of postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants to ITT by subject, as well as performance against ITT recruitment targets and trainee characteristics for postgraduates. The data in this table covers 2019/20(revised), 2020/21 (revised), 2021/22 (revised), 2022/23 (revised) and 2023/24 (provisional).
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
eea_national_postgraduates
EEA national postgraduates
eea_national_postgraduates_percentage
EEA national postgraduates percentage
female_postgraduates
Female postgraduates
female_postgraduates_percentage
Female postgraduates percentage
itt_recruitment_target
ITT recruitment target
itt_recruitment_target_performance_percentage
Percentage of ITT recruitment target reached
itt_subject
ITT subject
known_sex_postgraduates
Total postgraduates with known sex
male_postgraduates
Male postgraduates
male_postgraduates_percentage
Male postgraduates percentage
other_nationality_postgraduates
Other nationality postgraduates
other_nationality_postgraduates_percentage
Other nationality postgraduates percentage
other_sex_postgraduates
Other sex postgraduates
other_sex_postgraduates_percentage
Other sex postgraduates percentage
total_known_nationality_postgraduates
Total postgraduates with known nationality
total_postgraduates
Postgraduate total new entrants to ITT
total_undergraduates
Undergraduate total new entrants to ITT
uk_national_postgraduates
UK national postgraduates
uk_national_postgraduates_percentage
UK national postgraduates percentage
Footnotes
STEM Subjects are Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Mathematics and Physics.
Business studies: includes economics
Design & Technology: includes food technology and engineering.
EEA National: here relates to individuals with a European Union, European Economic Area or included in the single market- this includes Swiss nationality. The UK is not included in these figures.
The Teacher Workforce Model (TWM) is used by DfE to set postgraduate ITT targets https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/postgraduate-initial-teacher-training-targets/2023-24.
Other: includes media and communication studies, social studies, and psychology.
Physical Education: includes dance.
Subject: The subject given here is ITT subject and may not be the same as the subject of the undergraduate degree held.
Data was extracted on 21 November 2023.
Figures for 2023/24 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2022/23 and all previous years have been revised.
Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures prior to 2021/22.
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.
Sex other: Sex was previously reported as gender. This has been updated as it was previously mislabelled. From 2021/22, trainees who chose not to provide data on sex have been included in an 'unknown' category. Prior to this they were included in 'other'.
Data from 2021/22 does not contain forecast trainees, this is due to a change in data collection methodology.
Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Undergraduate: The majority of undergraduate provision is offered by higher education institutions.
Proportions exclude trainees where information was not supplied, or where characteristics/information were reported as ‘unknown’.
For 2023/24 only, three providers submitted data with very high numbers of trainees with other sex. These have been recoded as unknown sex while we investigate this with providers.
Other contains Citizenship trainees. There were 40 Citizenship trainees in 2022/23 and 23 in 2023/24.
2) ITT new entrants and targets by subject time series
Filename
table_2_subjects_target_time_series.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2015/16 to 2023/24
Content
This national level table contains the number of new entrants to ITT by subject for postgraduates and undergraduates and performance against ITT recruitment targets for 2015/16 to 2023/24 (provisional for 2023/24 and revised for previous years).
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
itt_recruitment_target
ITT recruitment target
itt_recruitment_target_performance_percentage
Percentage of ITT recruitment target reached
itt_subject
ITT subject
total_new_entrants
Total new entrants to ITT
total_postgraduates
Postgraduate total new entrants to ITT
total_undergraduates
Undergraduate total new entrants to ITT
Footnotes
Business Studies: includes economics from 2019/20
Design & Technology: includes food technology and engineering.
The Teacher Workforce Model (TWM) is used by DfE to set postgraduate ITT targets https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/postgraduate-initial-teacher-training-targets/2023-24.
Physical Education: includes dance.
Subject: The subject given here is ITT subject and may not be the same as the subject of the undergraduate degree held.
Data was extracted on 21 November 2023.
Figures for 2023/24 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2022/23 and all previous years have been revised.
Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures prior to 2021/22.
Data from 2021/22 does not contain forecast trainees, this is due to a change in data collection methodology.
Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Modern Foreign Languages: here includes classics.
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.
Undergraduate: The majority of undergraduate provision is offered by higher education institutions.
Proportions exclude trainees where information was not supplied, or where characteristics/information were reported as ‘unknown’.
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.
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).
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Undergraduate total new entrants to ITT percentage
Footnotes
STEM Subjects are Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Mathematics and Physics.
Business studies: includes economics
Design & Technology: includes food technology and engineering.
Other: includes media and communication studies, social studies, and psychology.
Physical Education: includes dance.
Subject: The subject given here is ITT subject and may not be the same as the subject of the undergraduate degree held.
Data was extracted on 21 November 2023.
Figures for 2023/24 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2022/23 and all previous years have been revised.
Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures prior to 2021/22.
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.
Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship: The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship (PGTA) was introduced in 2018/19.
The 2022/23 revised and 2023/24 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.
Schools direct salaried: includes salaried programmes i.e. Future Teaching Scholars Programme
Proportions exclude trainees where information was not supplied, or where characteristics/information were reported as ‘unknown’.
Other contains Citizenship trainees. There were 40 Citizenship trainees in 2022/23 and 23 in 2023/24.
4) Postgraduate ITT new entrants by subject, training route and degree class
Filename
table_4_route_subject_by_degree.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2019/20 to 2023/24
Content
This national level table contains the number of postgraduate new entrants for each ITT route and subject by degree class. The data in this table covers 2019/20 (revised), 2020/21 (revised), 2021/22 (revised), 2022/23 (revised) and 2023/24 (provisional).
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
first_class_degree
First class degree
first_class_degree_percentage
First class degree percentage
itt_route
ITT route
itt_subject
ITT subject
lower_second_class_degree
Lower second class degree
lower_second_class_degree_percentage
Lower second class degree percentage
other_degree
Other degree
other_degree_percentage
Other degree percentage
total_with_known_degree
Total postgraduates with known degree class
upper_second_class_degree
Upper second class degree
upper_second_class_degree_percentage
Upper second class degree percentage
Footnotes
STEM Subjects are Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Mathematics and Physics.
Business studies: includes economics
Design & Technology: includes food technology and engineering.
Other: includes media and communication studies, social studies, and psychology.
Physical Education: includes dance.
Subject: The subject given here is ITT subject and may not be the same as the subject of the undergraduate degree held.
Data was extracted on 21 November 2023.
Figures for 2023/24 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2022/23 and all previous years have been revised.
Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures prior to 2021/22.
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.
Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship: The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship (PGTA) was introduced in 2018/19.
The 2022/23 revised and 2023/24 provisional data does not contain forecast trainees, this is due to a change in data collection methodology.
Degree Class: 2:1 includes undivided 2nd.
Total with known degree: excludes trainees whose degree classes are unknown, therefore please consider the impact of the number of unknowns when considering data trends.
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.
Schools direct salaried: includes salaried programmes i.e. Future Teaching Scholars Programme
Other contains Citizenship trainees. There were 40 Citizenship trainees in 2022/23 and 23 in 2023/24.
5) ITT new entrants by training route and trainee characteristics
Filename
table_5_route_characteristics.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2019/20 to 2023/24
Content
This national level table contains the number of both postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants for each ITT route by trainee characteristic (eg. age, gender, etc.). The data in this table covers 2019/20 (revised), 2020/21 (revised), 2021/22 (revised), 2022/23 (revised) and 2023/24 (provisional).
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
aged_25_to_29
Aged 25 to 29
aged_25_to_29_percentage
Aged 25 to 29 percentage
aged_30_to_34
Aged 30 to 34
aged_30_to_34_percentage
Aged 30 to 34 percentage
aged_35_to_39
Aged 35 to 39
aged_35_to_39_percentage
Aged 35 to 39 percentage
aged_40_to_44
Aged 40 to 44
aged_40_to_44_percentage
Aged 40 to 44 percentage
aged_45_to_49
Aged 45 to 49
aged_45_to_49_percentage
Aged 45 to 49 percentage
aged_50_to_54
Aged 50 to 54
aged_50_to_54_percentage
Aged 50 to 54 percentage
aged_55_and_over
Aged 55 and over
aged_55_and_over_percentage
Aged over 55 percentage
aged_under_25
Aged under 25
aged_under_25_percentage
Aged under 25 percentage
asian_ethnicity
Asian ethnicity
asian_ethnicity_percentage
Asian ethnicity percentage
black_ethnicity
Black ethnicity
black_ethnicity_percentage
Black ethnicity percentage
disability_declared
Disability declared
disability_declared_percentage
Disability declared percentage
eea_national
EEA national
eea_national_percentage
EEA national percentage
female
Female
female_percentage
Female percentage
full_time
Full-time
full_time_percentage
Full-time percentage
itt_route
ITT route
known_sex
Total with known sex
male
Male
male_percentage
Male percentage
mean_age
Mean age
median_age
Median age
mixed_ethnicity
Mixed ethnicity
mixed_ethnicity_percentage
Mixed ethnicity percentage
no_disability_declared
No disability declared
no_disability_declared_percentage
No disability declared percentage
other_ethnicity
Other ethnicity
other_ethnicity_percentage
Other ethnicity percentage
other_nationality
Other nationality
other_nationality_percentage
Other nationality percentage
other_sex
Other sex
other_sex_percentage
Other sex percentage
part_time
Part-time
part_time_percentage
Part-time percentage
primary
Primary
primary_female
Primary female
primary_female_percentage
Primary female percentage
primary_known_sex
Total primary with known sex
primary_male
Primary male
primary_male_percentage
Primary male percentage
primary_other_sex
Primary other sex
primary_other_sex_percentage
Primary other sex percentage
primary_percentage
Primary percentage
secondary
Secondary
secondary_female
Secondary female
secondary_female_percentage
Secondary female percentage
secondary_known_sex
Total secondary with known sex
secondary_male
Secondary male
secondary_male_percentage
Secondary male percentage
secondary_other_sex
Secondary other sex
secondary_other_sex_percentage
Secondary other sex percentage
secondary_percentage
Secondary percentage
total_known_disability
Total known disability
total_known_ethnicity
Total known ethnicity
total_known_nationality
Total with known nationality
total_new_entrants
Total new entrants to ITT
total_new_entrants_percentage
Total new entrants to ITT percentage
uk_national
UK national
uk_national_percentage
UK national percentage
unknown_ethnicity
Unknown ethnicity
white_ethnicity
White ethnicity
white_ethnicity_percentage
White ethnicity percentage
Footnotes
EEA National: here relates to individuals with a European Union, European Economic Area or included in the single market- this includes Swiss nationality. The UK is not included in these figures.
Data was extracted on 21 November 2023.
Figures for 2023/24 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2022/23 and all previous years have been revised.
Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures prior to 2021/22.
Sex other: Sex was previously reported as gender. This has been updated as it was previously mislabelled. From 2021/22, trainees who chose not to provide data on sex have been included in an 'unknown' category. Prior to this they were included in 'other'.
Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship: The postgraduate teaching apprenticeship (PGTA) was introduced in 2018/19.
The 2022/23 revised and 2023/24 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.
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.
Age groups: are based on the ages of new entrants on the day of the census, 11 October 2023. Ages are rounded down to the nearest year, for example, a trainee aged 29.5 is placed in the 25-29 age group.
Disability Status: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where disability status is unknown, therefore please consider the impact of the number of unknowns when considering data trends.
Ethnicity: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where ethnicity is unknown or not declared, therefore please consider the impact of the number of unknowns when considering data trends.
Mean and median age: ages are calculated by rounding down the trainee age to the nearest year.
Teach First do not offer a part time training option.
Schools direct salaried: includes salaried programmes i.e. Future Teaching Scholars Programme
Other ethnicity includes Arab and Other ethnic background.
Proportions exclude trainees where information was not supplied, or where characteristics/information were reported as ‘unknown’.
For 2023/24 only, three providers submitted data with very high numbers of trainees with other sex. These have been recoded as unknown sex while we investigate this with providers.
6) Postgraduate ITT new entrants by ethnic background
Filename
table_6_route_ethnicity.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2019/20 to 2023/24
Content
This national level table contains the number of postgraduate new entrants for each ITT route by ethnic background. The data in this table covers 2019/20 (revised), 2020/21 (revised), 2021/22 (revised), 2022/23 (revised) and 2023/24 (provisional).
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
ethnic_background
Ethnic background
ethnic_group
Ethnic group
total_postgraduates
Postgraduate total new entrants to ITT
total_postgraduates_percentage
Postgraduate total new entrants to ITT percentage
Footnotes
Data was extracted on 21 November 2023.
Figures for 2023/24 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2022/23 and all previous years have been revised.
Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures prior to 2021/22.
Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
The 2022/23 revised and 2023/24 provisional data does not contain forecast trainees, this is due to a change in data collection methodology.
Ethnicity: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where ethnicity is unknown or not declared, therefore please consider the impact of the number of unknowns when considering data trends.
Other ethnicity includes Arab and Other ethnic background.
Proportions exclude trainees where information was not supplied, or where characteristics/information were reported as ‘unknown’.
7) ITT new entrants by course level and trainee characteristics time series
Filename
table_7_route_characteristic_time_series.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2015/16 to 2023/24
Content
This national level table contains the number of postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants to ITT by trainee characteristics (eg. age, gender, etc.) for 2015/16 to 2023/24 (provisional for 2023/24 and revised for previous years).
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
UK graduate upper second or higher class degree percentage
uk_national
UK national
uk_national_percentage
UK national percentage
upper_second_class_degree
Upper second class degree
upper_second_class_degree_or_better
Upper second or higher class degree
upper_second_class_degree_or_better_percentage
Upper second or higher class degree percentage
upper_second_class_degree_percentage
Upper second class degree percentage
white_ethnicity
White ethnicity
white_ethnicity_percentage
White ethnicity percentage
Footnotes
EEA National: here relates to individuals with a European Union, European Economic Area or included in the single market- this includes Swiss nationality. The UK is not included in these figures.
Data was extracted on 21 November 2023.
Figures for 2023/24 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2022/23 and all previous years have been revised.
Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures prior to 2021/22.
Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
The 2022/23 revised and 2023/24 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.
Degree Class: 2:1 includes undivided 2nd.
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.
Age groups: are based on the ages of new entrants on the day of the census, 11 October 2023. Ages are rounded down to the nearest year, for example, a trainee aged 29.5 is placed in the 25-29 age group.
Disability Status: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where disability status is unknown, therefore please consider the impact of the number of unknowns when considering data trends.
Ethnicity: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where ethnicity is unknown or not declared, therefore please consider the impact of the number of unknowns when considering data trends.
Prior to 2017/18, trainees who did not identify as Male or Female were reported as "Female". From 2017/18 onwards, they are not included as "Female".
Other ethnicity includes Arab and Other ethnic background.
Proportions exclude trainees where information was not supplied, or where characteristics/information were reported as ‘unknown’.
For 2023/24 only, three providers submitted data with very high numbers of trainees with other sex. These have been recoded as unknown sex while we investigate this with providers.
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 (revised), 2020/21 (revised), 2021/22 (revised), 2022/23 (revised) and 2023/24 (provisional).
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
itt_route
ITT route
total_new_entrants
Total new entrants to ITT
Footnotes
Data was extracted on 21 November 2023.
Figures for 2023/24 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2022/23 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 2022/23 revised and 2023/24 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.
9) Early Years ITT new entrants by training route and trainee characteristics
Filename
table_9_early_years_itt.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2019/20 to 2023/24
Content
This national level table contains the number of both postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants to Early Years ITT courses by route and trainee characteristics (eg. age, gender, etc.). The data in this table covers 2019/20 (revised), 2020/21 (revised), 2021/22 (revised), 2022/23 (revised) and 2023/24 (provisional).
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
aged_25_and_over
Aged 25 and over
aged_25_and_over_percentage
Aged 25 and over percentage
aged_under_25
Aged under 25
aged_under_25_percentage
Aged under 25 percentage
asian_ethnicity
Asian ethnicity
asian_ethnicity_percentage
Asian ethnicity percentage
black_ethnicity
Black ethnicity
black_ethnicity_percentage
Black ethnicity percentage
disability_declared
Disability declared
disability_declared_percentage
Disability declared percentage
female
Female
female_percentage
Female percentage
itt_route
ITT route
male
Male
male_percentage
Male percentage
mixed_ethnicity
Mixed ethnicity
mixed_ethnicity_percentage
Mixed ethnicity percentage
no_disability_declared
No disability declared
no_disability_declared_percentage
No disability declared percentage
other_ethnicity
Other ethnicity
other_ethnicity_percentage
Other ethnicity percentage
other_sex
Other sex
other_sex_percentage
Other sex percentage
total_known_disability
Total known disability
total_known_ethnicity
Total known ethnicity
total_known_sex
Total known sex
total_new_entrants
Total new entrants to ITT
unknown_ethnicity
Unknown ethnicity
white_ethnicity
White ethnicity
white_ethnicity_percentage
White ethnicity percentage
Footnotes
Data was extracted on 21 November 2023.
Figures for 2023/24 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2022/23 and all previous years have been revised.
Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures prior to 2021/22.
Sex other: Sex was previously reported as gender. This has been updated as it was previously mislabelled. From 2021/22, trainees who chose not to provide data on sex have been included in an 'unknown' category. Prior to this they were included in 'other'.
Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Age groups: are based on the ages of new entrants on the day of the census, 11 October 2023. Ages are rounded down to the nearest year, for example, a trainee aged 29.5 is placed in the 25-29 age group.
Disability Status: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where disability status is unknown, therefore please consider the impact of the number of unknowns when considering data trends.
Ethnicity: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where ethnicity is unknown or not declared, therefore please consider the impact of the number of unknowns when considering data trends.
Trainee characteristics for individual Early Year ITT routes are not reported due to low numbers.
Other ethnicity includes Arab and Other ethnic background.
For 2023/24 only, three providers submitted data with very high numbers of trainees with other sex. These have been recoded as unknown sex while we investigate this with providers.
Breakdown of EYITT new entrant data by ethnic group and disability status for 2023/24 will be published after this initial publication. This is due to issues with the quality of the data. We will be updating the publication to include EYITT ethnic group and disability status data once the issue is rectified.
This national level table contains the number of postgraduate candidates applying to ITT by subject and candidate characteristics. The data in this table covers courses that start in 2022/23 and 2023/24 (official statistics in development).
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
age_grouping
Age group
ethnic_group
Ethnic group
in_cycle_acceptance_rate
In-cycle acceptance rate
in_cycle_accepted_candidates
In-cycle accepted candidates
itt_subject
ITT subject
nationality_group
Nationality
num_accepted
Total accepted candidates
num_candidates
Total candidates
perc_accepted_candidates_with_characteristic
Percentage of accepted candidates
sex
Sex
Footnotes
These statistics are classified as official statistics in development, which is a temporary label for new statistics that are undergoing development and testing. They are provisional and subject to change.
Data was extracted on 17 November 2023.
High Potential ITT (HPITT) route is not included in this data.
Percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Total candidates: the total number of candidates that applied to postgraduate ITT for courses that start in the given time period.
Total accepted candidates: the total number of candidates who have accepted an offer to start ITT in the given cycle. This includes candidates who deferred an offer from a previous cycle. Withdrawn applications and deferrals into the next cycle have been excluded.
Percentage of accepted candidates: for each subject, the percentage of accepted candidates with a given characteristic (where that characteristic is known).
In-cycle acceptance rate: in-cycle accepted candidates / total candidates.
In-cycle accepted candidates: the total number of candidates who have accepted an offer to start ITT in the given cycle, regardless of whether they withdraw or defer afterwards. This excludes candidates who deferred an offer from a previous cycle.
The in-cycle acceptance total and the acceptance rate are not shown in cases where candidate numbers are fewer than 30. Where small numbers are present, the acceptance rate can be volatile and potentially misleading.
The sum of categories for a characteristic may not match the total due to some candidates not providing characteristics information.
Subject-level candidate totals will not sum to the total candidate number due to duplication caused by candidates applying for multiple subjects.
EBacc Subjects are English, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, History, Geography, Computing and Classics.
Others includes media and communication studies, social studies, citizenship and psychology.
STEM Subjects are Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Mathematics and Physics.
EEA national relates to individuals from within the European Union, European Economic Area or those included in the single market - this includes Swiss nationality. The UK is not included in these figures.
Age groups are based on the ages of candidates on the last day of the recruitment cycle, for 2022/23: 3 October 2022 and for 2023/24: 2 October 2023. Ages are rounded down to the nearest year, for example, a trainee aged 29.5 is placed in the 25-29 age group.
Granular cross-tabulations of candidates by multiple characteristics are not available due to the risk of disclosure.
This national level table contains the number of postgraduate candidates applying to ITT by subject and ITT route. The data in this table covers courses that start in 2022/23 and 2023/24 (official statistics in development).
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
in_cycle_acceptance_rate
In-cycle acceptance rate
in_cycle_accepted_candidates
In-cycle accepted candidates
itt_route
ITT route
itt_subject
ITT subject
num_accepted
Total accepted candidates
num_candidates
Total candidates
perc_accepted_candidates_on_route
Percentage of accepted candidates on ITT route
Footnotes
These statistics are classified as official statistics in development, which is a temporary label for new statistics that are undergoing development and testing. They are provisional and subject to change.
Data was extracted on 17 November 2023.
High Potential ITT (HPITT) route is not included in this data.
Percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Total candidates: the total number of candidates that applied to postgraduate ITT for courses that start in the given time period.
Total accepted candidates: the total number of candidates who have accepted an offer to start ITT in the given cycle. This includes candidates who deferred an offer from a previous cycle. Withdrawn applications and deferrals into the next cycle have been excluded.
Percentage of accepted candidates on ITT route: for each subject, the percentage of accepted candidates for a given route.
In-cycle acceptance rate: in-cycle accepted candidates / total candidates.
In-cycle accepted candidates: the total number of candidates who have accepted an offer to start ITT in the given cycle, regardless of whether they withdraw or defer afterwards. This excludes candidates who deferred an offer from a previous cycle.
The in-cycle acceptance total and the acceptance rate are not shown in cases where candidate numbers are fewer than 30. Where small numbers are present, the acceptance rate can be volatile and potentially misleading.
Subject-level candidate totals will not sum to the total candidate number due to duplication caused by candidates applying for multiple subjects.
EBacc Subjects are English, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, History, Geography, Computing and Classics.
Others includes media and communication studies, social studies, citizenship and psychology.
STEM Subjects are Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Mathematics and Physics.