Academic year 2020/21

Initial teacher training performance profiles

Annual national, regional and provider level statistics on outcomes of teacher trainees in England (qualified teacher status rates and employment rates).

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• Produced by: Department for Education
• Published: 28 July 2022
• Last updated: 28 July 2022

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• Degree Class by route

  This national level table contains the degree class of postgraduate final year ITT trainees by route. The data in this table covers data for 2020/21 provisional employment rates.

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• Percentage of trainees QTS awarded and employment outcomes

  This national level table contains the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes (percentages) of postgraduate final year ITT trainees by subject. The data in this table covers qualified teacher status outcomes data for 2009/10 to 2020/21. 2020/2021 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

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• Phase

  This table shows the QTS award rate and the provisional employment rate for those with QTS, for the primary and secondary phases for 2020/21.

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• Number of trainees QTS awarded and employment outcomes

  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 data for 2009/10 to 2020/21. 2020/2021 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

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• Ethnicity

  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 provisional employment rates for 2020/21.

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• Bursary

  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 provisional employment rates data for 2020/21.

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• Table 3a) Trainee qualified teacher status and employment outcomes by subject

  National

  This national level table contains the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes of postgraduate and undergraduate final year ITT trainees by subject. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2020/21. 2020/21 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

  • Number of rows: 177
  • Indicators:
    • Awarded QTS
    • Not awarded QTS
    • Percentage awarded QTS
  • Filters:
    • ITT Level
    • Subject
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2020/21

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

  National

  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 2020/21.

  • Number of rows: 33
  • Indicators:
    • 25 and over percentage
    • Aged 25 and over
    • Aged Under 25
  • Filters:
    • ITT Level
    • QTS status
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2020/21

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• Table 4) Bursary eligible postgraduate trainee outcomes by subject

  National

  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 2020/21. 2020/21 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

  • Number of rows: 62
  • Indicators:
    • Awarded QTS
    • Eligible trainees
    • Not awarded QTS
  • Filters:
    • Subject
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2020/21

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

  National

  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 2020/21. 2020/21 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

  • Number of rows: 40
  • Indicators:
    • Aged 25 and over
    • Aged Under 25
    • Asian ethnicity
  • Filters:
    • Training route
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2020/21

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

  National, Regional

  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 2020/21. 2020/21 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

  • Number of rows: 121
  • Indicators:
    • Awarded QTS
    • Not awarded QTS
    • Percentage awarded QTS
  • Filters:
    • Training route
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2020/21

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

  National

  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 2020/21. 2020/21 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

  • Number of rows: 61
  • Indicators:
    • Aged 25 and over
    • Aged 25 and over percentage
    • Aged Under 25
  • Filters:
    • Employment status
    • ITT level
    • QTS status
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2020/21

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• Table 3b) Postgraduate trainee qualified teacher status and employment outcomes by subject (time series)

  National

  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 2020/21. 2020/21 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

  • Number of rows: 229
  • Indicators:
    • Awarded QTS
    • Percentage awarded QTS
    • Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state-funded school
  • Filters:
    • Subject
  • Time period: 2009/10 to 2020/21

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

  National

  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 2008/09 to 2020/21. 2020/21 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

  • Number of rows: 97
  • Indicators:
    • Awarded QTS
    • Percentage awarded QTS
    • Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state-funded school
  • Filters:
    • Training route
  • Time period: 2008/09 to 2020/21

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

  National

  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 2020/21. 2020/21 employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised

  • Number of rows: 109
  • Indicators:
    • Awarded QTS
    • Not awarded QTS
    • Percentage awarded QTS
  • Filters:
    • Full ethnic group
    • Major ethnic group
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2020/21

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

  National

  This national level table contains the number of AO ITT trainees by subject. The data in this table covers 2014/15 to 2020/21.

  • Number of rows: 148
  • Indicators:
    • Total trainees
  • Filters:
    • Subject
  • Time period: 2014/15 to 2020/21

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• ITT Performance Profiles 2020/21 Provider Tables

  These provider level tables contain the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes of postgraduate and undergraduate final year ITT trainees and their characteristics by provider. The data in this table covers data for 2017/18 to 2020/21 for qualified teacher status and 2017/18 to 2019/20 for employment outcomes.

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Data guidance

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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 new tab) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data (opens in 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 2020/21. The release also provides revised employment rates for final year 2019/20 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

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