Academic year 2019/20

Initial teacher training performance profiles

Data guidance

Published 29 July 2021

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

The release covers qualified teacher status and provisional employment outcomes for final year initial teacher trainees in England for the academic year 2019/20. The release also provides revised employment rates for final year 2018/19 trainees. 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
• Ethnicity

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.

Table 1a) Trainee qualified teacher status and employment outcomes by personal characteristics

Filename: pp2021_table_1a_outcomes_characteristic.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2017/18 to 2019/20
Content: This national level table contains the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes of postgraduate and undergraduate final year ITT trainees by characteristics. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2019/20. 2019/2020 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
employment_status	Employment status
level_recoded	Training route
n_total	Total trainees
pct_n_total	Total trainees percentage
pct_total_age_25nOver	25 and over percentage
pct_total_age_u25	Under 25 percentage
pct_total_degreeC_First	First degree class first percentage
pct_total_degreeC_Lower2nd	First degree class lower second percentage
pct_total_degreeC_Other	First degree class other percentage
pct_total_degreeC_Unknown	First degree class not known percentage
pct_total_degreeC_Upper2nd	First degree class upper second percentage
pct_total_disability	Disability declared percentage
pct_total_disability_unknown	Disability unknown percentage
pct_total_ethnic_Asian	Ethnicity Asian percentage
pct_total_ethnic_Black	Ethnicity Black percentage
pct_total_ethnic_Mixed_ethnicity	Ethnicity Mixed ethnicity percentage
pct_total_ethnic_Other	Ethnicity Other percentage
pct_total_ethnic_Unknown	Ethnicity Unknown percentage
pct_total_ethnic_White	Ethnicity White percentage
pct_total_gender_f	Female percentage
pct_total_gender_m	Male percentage
pct_total_gender_other	Other gender percentage
pct_total_nondisability	Disability not declared percentage
qts_status	QTS status
total_age_25nOver	25 and over
total_age_u25	Under 25
total_degreeC_First	First degree class first
total_degreeC_Lower2nd	First degree class lower second
total_degreeC_Other	First degree class other
total_degreeC_Unknown	First degree class not known
total_degreeC_Upper2nd	First degree class upper second
total_disability	Disability declared
total_disability_unknown	Disability unknown
total_ethnic_Asian	Ethnicity Asian
total_ethnic_Black	Ethnicity Black
total_ethnic_Mixed_ethnicity	Ethnicity Mixed ethnicity
total_ethnic_Other	Ethnicity Other
total_ethnic_Unknown	Ethnicity Unknown
total_ethnic_White	Ethnicity White
total_gender_f	Female
total_gender_m	Male
total_gender_other	Other gender
total_nondisability	Disability not declared

Footnotes

Age: trainees aged 25 and over on 31 July 2020.
Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Yet to complete: includes trainees who have not fully completed their course at the end of the academic year. They will go on to be awarded QTS or will complete without being awarded QTS in a later academic year.
UG degree class: "Upper second" includes undivided second class.
Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school: percentage of those awarded QTS who are employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), all prior years are revised. Due to rounding, the sum of constituent parts may differ from the reported total. See methodology for further details.
Trainees who are not recorded as male or female gender have been included in 'other'.
For the undergraduate route, this publication includes final year trainees only.
Not awarded QTS: includes trainees who left the course before the end (excluding those who left the course within 90 days of the start), trainees who failed the course and trainees who did not meet the standards.
Degree classes relate to postgraduate ITT trainees only.
Other ethnicity includes Arab and Other ethnic background.
Teaching in a state school: registered as employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), up to and including 2018/19 are revised. See methodology for further details.
UG degree class: Those with non-UK degrees or degree-equivalent qualifications are assigned UK style classifications where known, else are assigned "Other" or "Not known".

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Table 1b) Postgraduate trainee qualified teacher status and employment outcomes by ethnic group

Filename: pp2021_table_1b_outcomes_ethnicity.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2017/18 to 2019/20
Content: This national level table contains the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes of postgraduate final year ITT trainees by ethnicity. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2019/20. 2019/2020 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
ethnic_group_major	Major ethnic group
ethnicity_full	Full ethnic group
qts_awarded	Awarded QTS
qts_awarded_percentage	Percentage awarded QTS
qts_not_awarded	Not awarded QTS
qts_not_awarded_percentage	Percentage not awarded QTS
teaching_state_school	Teaching in a state school
teaching_state_school_percentage	Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school
total_trainees	Total trainees
yet_to_complete	Yet to complete
yet_to_complete_percentage	Percentage yet to complete

Footnotes

Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Yet to complete: includes trainees who have not fully completed their course at the end of the academic year. They will go on to be awarded QTS or will complete without being awarded QTS in a later academic year.
Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school: percentage of those awarded QTS who are employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), all prior years are revised. Due to rounding, the sum of constituent parts may differ from the reported total. See methodology for further details.
Not awarded QTS: includes trainees who left the course before the end (excluding those who left the course within 90 days of the start), trainees who failed the course and trainees who did not meet the standards.
Teaching in a state school: registered as employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), up to and including 2018/19 are revised. See methodology for further details.

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Table 2a) Trainee qualified teacher status and employment outcomes by training route and characteristics

Filename: pp2021_table_2a_outcomes_route_char.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2017/18 to 2019/20
Content: This national level table contains the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes of postgraduate and undergraduate final year ITT trainees by route and characteristics. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2019/20. 2019/2020 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
n_ethnic_Asian	Ethnicity Asian
n_ethnic_Black	Ethnicity Black
n_ethnic_Mixed_ethnicity	Ethnicity Mixed ethnicity
n_ethnic_Other	Ethnicity Other
n_ethnic_Unknown	Ethnicity Unknown
n_ethnic_White	Ethnicity White
n_trainees_1st	First degree class first
n_trainees_21	First degree class upper second
n_trainees_22	First degree class lower second
n_trainees_age_25nOver	25 and over
n_trainees_age_u25	Under 25
n_trainees_dclass_nk	First degree class not known
n_trainees_dclass_other	First degree class other
n_trainees_disability	Disability declared
n_trainees_disability_nk	Disability unknown
n_trainees_f	Female
n_trainees_m	Male
n_trainees_nondisability	Disability not declared
n_trainees_other	Other gender
qts_awarded	Awarded QTS
qts_awarded_percentage	Percentage awarded QTS
qts_not_awarded	Not awarded QTS
qts_not_awarded_percentage	Percentage not awarded QTS
route	Training route
teaching_state_school	Teaching in a state school
teaching_state_school_percentage	Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school
total_trainees	Total trainees
yet_to_complete	Yet to complete
yet_to_complete_percentage	Percentage yet to complete

Footnotes

Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Yet to complete: includes trainees who have not fully completed their course at the end of the academic year. They will go on to be awarded QTS or will complete without being awarded QTS in a later academic year.
UG degree class: "Upper second" includes undivided second class.
Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school: percentage of those awarded QTS who are employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), all prior years are revised. Due to rounding, the sum of constituent parts may differ from the reported total. See methodology for further details.
Not awarded QTS: includes trainees who left the course before the end (excluding those who left the course within 90 days of the start), trainees who failed the course and trainees who did not meet the standards.
Degree classes relate to postgraduate ITT trainees only.
Training route: for the undergraduate route, this publication includes final year trainees only. High Potential ITT was formerly reported as Teach First. School-led route includes: HPITT, PGTA, SCITT, SDf, and SDs routes.
Other ethnicity includes Arab and Other ethnic background.
Teaching in a state school: registered as employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), up to and including 2018/19 are revised. See methodology for further details.
UG degree class: Those with non-UK degrees or degree-equivalent qualifications are assigned UK style classifications where known, else are assigned "Other" or "Not known".

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Table 2b) Trainee qualified teacher status and employment outcomes by training route (time series)

Filename: pp2021_table_2b_outcomes_route_timeseries.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2008/09 to 2019/20
Content: This national level table contains the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes of postgraduate and undergraduate final year ITT trainees by route. The data in this table covers qualified teacher status outcomes for 2012/13 to 2019/20. 2019/2020 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
qts_awarded	Awarded QTS
qts_awarded_percentage	Percentage awarded QTS
route	Training route
teaching_state_school	Teaching in a state school
teaching_state_school_percentage	Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school
total_trainees	Total trainees

Footnotes

Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school: percentage of those awarded QTS who are employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), all prior years are revised. Due to rounding, the sum of constituent parts may differ from the reported total. See methodology for further details.
2013/14 excludes deferred employment based initial teacher training trainees.
Although total postgraduate figures for 2012/13 include EBITT trainees, these are excluded in the route level breakdown. Hence the total will not match the sum of 2012/13 postgraduate lines.
Training route: for the undergraduate route, this publication includes final year trainees only. High Potential ITT was formerly reported as Teach First. School-led route includes: HPITT, PGTA, SCITT, SDf, and SDs routes.
High Potential ITT (formerly labelled Teach First) is included in postgraduate totals from 2015/16 onwards. High Potential ITT data collection was not mandatory until 2015/16, therefore, any trends may be a result of the difference in data collection.
Teaching in a state school: registered as employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), up to and including 2018/19 are revised. See methodology for further details.

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Table 3a) Postgraduate trainee qualified teacher status and employment outcomes by subject

Filename: pp2021_table_3a_outcomes_subject.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2017/18 to 2019/20
Content: This national level table contains the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes of postgraduate final year ITT trainees by subject. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2019/20. 2019/2020 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
qts_awarded	Awarded QTS
qts_awarded_percentage	Percentage awarded QTS
qts_not_awarded	Not awarded QTS
qts_not_awarded_percentage	Percentage not awarded QTS
subject_recoded	Subject
teaching_state_school	Teaching in a state school
teaching_state_school_percentage	Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school
total_trainees	Total trainees
yet_to_complete	Yet to complete
yet_to_complete_percentage	Percentage yet to complete

Footnotes

Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Yet to complete: includes trainees who have not fully completed their course at the end of the academic year. They will go on to be awarded QTS or will complete without being awarded QTS in a later academic year.
Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school: percentage of those awarded QTS who are employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), all prior years are revised. Due to rounding, the sum of constituent parts may differ from the reported total. See methodology for further details.
Other includes a range of subjects such as Media and Communication Studies, Social Studies, and Psychology.
Not awarded QTS: includes trainees who left the course before the end (excluding those who left the course within 90 days of the start), trainees who failed the course and trainees who did not meet the standards.
Teaching in a state school: registered as employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), up to and including 2018/19 are revised. See methodology for further details.

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Table 3b_Postgraduate trainee qualified teacher status and employment outcomes by subject (time series)

Filename: pp2021_table_3b_outcomes_subject_timeseries.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2009/10 to 2019/20
Content: This national level table contains the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes of postgraduate final year ITT trainees by subject. The data in this table covers qualified teacher status outcomes for 2009/10 to 2019/20. 2019/2020 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
qts_awarded	Awarded QTS
qts_awarded_percentage	Percentage awarded QTS
subject_recoded	Subject
teaching_state_school	Teaching in a state school
teaching_state_school_percentage	Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school
total_trainees	Total trainees

Footnotes

Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school: percentage of those awarded QTS who are employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), all prior years are revised. Due to rounding, the sum of constituent parts may differ from the reported total. See methodology for further details.
Modern Foreign Languages includes Classics.
2013/14 excludes deferred employment based initial teacher training trainees.
English includes Drama and Performing Arts until 2011/12 inclusive. From 2012/13 onwards Drama is included in Other.
Other includes a range of subjects such as Media and Communication Studies, Social Studies, and Psychology. Includes Drama from 2012/13 onwards.
Teaching in a state school: registered as employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), up to and including 2018/19 are revised. See methodology for further details.

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Table 4) Bursary eligible postgraduate trainee outcomes by subject

Filename: pp2021_table_4_outcomes_bursary_eligible.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2017/18 to 2019/20
Content: This national level table contains the number of final year postgraduate trainees eligible for a bursary, based on prior degree qualification, by subject. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2019/20. 2019/2020 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
qts_awarded	Awarded QTS
qts_awarded_percentage	Percentage awarded QTS
qts_not_awarded	Not awarded QTS
qts_not_awarded_percentage	Percentage not awarded QTS
subject_recoded	Subject
teaching_state_school	Teaching in a state school
teaching_state_school_percentage	Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school
total_eligible_trainees	Eligible trainees
yet_to_complete	Yet to complete
yet_to_complete_percentage	Percentage yet to complete

Footnotes

Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Yet to complete: includes trainees who have not fully completed their course at the end of the academic year. They will go on to be awarded QTS or will complete without being awarded QTS in a later academic year.
Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school: percentage of those awarded QTS who are employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), all prior years are revised. Due to rounding, the sum of constituent parts may differ from the reported total. See methodology for further details.
Eligible trainees: includes trainees in bursary or scholarship eligible subjects with a degree class attracting a bursary. It does not include those which have additional A-level requirements. Excludes High Potential ITT (formerly Teach First), postgraduate teaching apprenticeship and School Direct (Salaried) trainees who are on programmes where bursaries are not awarded. This table does not take into account other routes to bursaries. In the bursaries guidance, Modern Foreign Languages is known as "Languages". Please see the Training Bursary manual for more information (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-initial-teacher-training-itt/funding-initial-teacher-training-itt-academic-year-2019-to-2020).
Not awarded QTS: includes trainees who left the course before the end (excluding those who left the course within 90 days of the start), trainees who failed the course and trainees who did not meet the standards.
Teaching in a state school: registered as employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), up to and including 2018/19 are revised. See methodology for further details.

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Table 5) Trainee qualified teacher status and employment outcomes by region

Filename: pp2021_table_5_outcomes_region.csv
Geographic levels: National; Regional
Time period: 2017/18 to 2019/20
Content: This regional level table contains the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes of postgraduate and undergraduate final year ITT trainees by geographic region. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2019/20. 2019/2020 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
level_recoded	Training route
qts_awarded	Awarded QTS
qts_awarded_percentage	Percentage awarded QTS
qts_not_awarded	Not awarded QTS
qts_not_awarded_percentage	Percentage not awarded QTS
teaching_state_school	Teaching in a state school
teaching_state_school_percentage	Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school
total_trainees	Total trainees
yet_to_complete	Yet to complete
yet_to_complete_percentage	Percentage yet to complete

Footnotes

Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Yet to complete: includes trainees who have not fully completed their course at the end of the academic year. They will go on to be awarded QTS or will complete without being awarded QTS in a later academic year.
Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state school: percentage of those awarded QTS who are employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), all prior years are revised. Due to rounding, the sum of constituent parts may differ from the reported total. See methodology for further details.
Not awarded QTS: includes trainees who left the course before the end (excluding those who left the course within 90 days of the start), trainees who failed the course and trainees who did not meet the standards.
Teaching in a state school: registered as employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualification. 2019/20 figures are provisional (uplifted), up to and including 2018/19 are revised. See methodology for further details.

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Table 6) Assessment only trainee numbers by subject (time series)

Filename: pp2021_table_6_assesment_only_numbers.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2014/15 to 2019/20
Content: This national level table contains the number of AO ITT trainees by subject. The data in this table covers 2014/15 to 2019/20.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
subject_recoded	Subject
total_trainees	Total trainees

Footnotes

Total trainees for 2017/18 excludes one AO trainee with missing subject information

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Table 7) EYITT early years teacher status trainee outcomes by route and characteristics

Filename: pp2021_table_7_early_years_eyts_characteristic.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2017/18 to 2019/20
Content: This national level table contains the number of EYITT postgraduate and undergraduate final year ITT trainees by early years teacher status and characteristics. The data in this table covers 2014/15 to 2019/20.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
level_recoded	ITT Level
n_route_grad_employ	EYITT Graduate employment-based
n_route_grad_entry	EYITT Graduate Entry
n_route_ug_eyitt	Undergraduate EYITT
n_total	Total trainees
pct_n_route_Grad_employ	EYITT Graduate employment-based percentage
pct_n_route_Grad_entry	EYITT Graduate Entry percentage
pct_n_route_UG_EYITT	Undergraduate EYITT percentage
pct_n_total	Total trainees percentage
pct_total_age_25nOver	25 and over percentage
pct_total_age_u25	Under 25 percentage
pct_total_degreeC_First	First degree class first percentage
pct_total_degreeC_Lower2nd	First degree class lower second percentage
pct_total_degreeC_Other	First degree class other percentage
pct_total_degreeC_Unknown	First degree class not known percentage
pct_total_degreeC_Upper2nd	First degree class upper second percentage
pct_total_disability	Disability declared percentage
pct_total_disability_unknown	Disability unknown percentage
pct_total_ethnic_Asian	Ethnicity Asian percentage
pct_total_ethnic_Black	Ethnicity Black percentage
pct_total_ethnic_Mixed_ethnicity	Ethnicity Mixed ethnicity percentage
pct_total_ethnic_Other	Ethnicity Other percentage
pct_total_ethnic_Unknown	Ethnicity Unknown percentage
pct_total_ethnic_White	Ethnicity White percentage
pct_total_gender_f	Female percentage
pct_total_gender_m	Male percentage
pct_total_gender_other	Other gender percentage
pct_total_nondisability	Disability not declared percentage
qts_status	QTS status
total_age_25nOver	25 and over
total_age_u25	Under 25
total_degreeC_First	First degree class first
total_degreeC_Lower2nd	First degree class lower second
total_degreeC_Other	First degree class other
total_degreeC_Unknown	First degree class not known
total_degreeC_Upper2nd	First degree class upper second
total_disability	Disability declared
total_disability_unknown	Disability unknown
total_ethnic_Asian	Ethnicity Asian
total_ethnic_Black	Ethnicity Black
total_ethnic_Mixed_ethnicity	Ethnicity Mixed ethnicity
total_ethnic_Other	Ethnicity Other
total_ethnic_Unknown	Ethnicity Unknown
total_ethnic_White	Ethnicity White
total_gender_f	Female
total_gender_m	Male
total_gender_other	Other gender
total_nondisability	Disability not declared

Footnotes

Age: trainees aged 25 and over on 31 July 2020.
Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
Yet to complete: includes trainees who have not fully completed their course at the end of the academic year. They will go on to be awarded QTS or will complete without being awarded QTS in a later academic year.
Not awarded EYTS: includes trainees who left the course before the end (excluding those who left the course within 90 days of the start), trainees who failed the course and trainees who did not meet the standards.
UG degree class: "Upper second" includes undivided second class.
Trainees who are not recorded as male or female gender have been included in 'other'.
For the undergraduate route, this publication includes final year trainees only.
Degree classes relate to postgraduate ITT trainees only.
Other ethnicity includes Arab and Other ethnic background.
UG degree class: Those with non-UK degrees or degree-equivalent qualifications are assigned UK style classifications where known, else are assigned "Other" or "Not known".

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