Academic year 2021/22

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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• Published: 27 July 2023

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• Trainee outcomes by training route

  This national level table contains the the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes (percentages) of ITT trainees by training route. The data in this table covers trainee data for 2017/18 to 2021/22. For 2021/22, employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

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• Postgraduate trainee outcomes by subject

  This national level table contains the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes (percentages) of postgraduate ITT trainees by subject. The data in this table covers trainee data for 2017/18 to 2021/22. For 2021/22, employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

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• Postgraduate trainee QTS award rate and employment rate by sex

  This national level table contains the qualified teacher status award rate and employment rate (percentages) of postgraduate ITT trainees by sex. The data in this table covers trainee data for 2017/18 to 2021/22. For 2021/22, employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

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• Postgraduate trainee QTS award rate and employment rate by age

  This national level table contains the qualified teacher status award rate and employment rate (percentages) of postgraduate ITT trainees by age. The data in this table covers trainee data for 2017/18 to 2021/22. For 2021/22, employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

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• Postgraduate trainee QTS award rate and employment rate by disability status

  This national level table contains the qualified teacher status award rate and employment rate (percentages) of postgraduate ITT trainees by disability status. The data in this table covers trainee data for 2017/18 to 2021/22. For 2021/22, employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

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• Postgraduate trainee QTS award rate and employment rate by ethnicity

  This national level table contains the qualified teacher status award rate and employment rate (percentages) of postgraduate ITT trainees by ethnicity. The data in this table covers trainee data for 2017/18 to 2021/22. For 2021/22, employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

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• Postgraduate trainee QTS award rate and employment rate by degree class on entry

  This national level table contains the qualified teacher status award rate and employment rate (percentages) of postgraduate ITT trainees by degree class on entry. The data in this table covers trainee data for 2017/18 to 2021/22. For 2021/22, employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

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• Postgraduate trainee outcomes by region

  This regional level table contains the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes (percentages) of postgraduate ITT trainees by region. The data in this table covers trainee data for 2017/18 to 2021/22. For 2021/22, employment rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

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• Assessment only candidate numbers by subject

  This national level table contains total trainees (numbers) of assessment only candidates by subject. The data in this table covers trainee data for 2017/18 to 2021/22.

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• Postgraduate EYITT trainees EYTS award outcomes by characteristics

  This national level table contains the early years teacher status outcomes (percentages) of postgraduate EYITT trainees by characteristics. The data in this table covers trainee data for 2017/18 to 2021/22.

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

  National

  This national level table contains the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes of postgraduate and undergraduate ITT trainees by characteristics. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2021/22. For 2021/22, employment numbers and rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

  • Number of rows: 60
  • Indicators:
    • Total trainees
    • Total trainees percentage
    • Aged under 25
  • Filters:
    • ITT level
    • QTS status
    • Employment status
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2021/22

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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 ITT trainees by ethnicity. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2021/22. For 2021/22, employment numbers and rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

  • Number of rows: 130
  • Indicators:
    • Total trainees
    • Awarded QTS
    • Not awarded QTS
  • Filters:
    • Ethnic background
    • Ethnic group
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2021/22

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• Table 2) 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 ITT trainees by route and characteristics. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2021/22. For 2021/22, employment numbers and rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

  • Number of rows: 49
  • Indicators:
    • Total trainees
    • Awarded QTS
    • Not awarded QTS
  • Filters:
    • Training route
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2021/22

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• Table 3) 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 ITT trainees by subject. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2021/22. For 2021/22, employment numbers and rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

  • Number of rows: 220
  • Indicators:
    • Total trainees
    • Awarded QTS
    • Not awarded QTS
  • Filters:
    • ITT Level
    • Subject
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2021/22

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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 ITT trainees by geographic region. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2021/22. For 2021/22, employment numbers and rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

  • Number of rows: 150
  • Indicators:
    • Total trainees
    • Awarded QTS
    • Not awarded QTS
  • Filters:
    • ITT level
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2021/22

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• Table 6) Assessment only candidate numbers by subject

  National

  This national level table contains the number of assessment only candidates by subject. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2021/22.

  • Number of rows: 104
  • Indicators:
    • Total trainees
  • Filters:
    • Subject
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2021/22

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

  National

  This national level table contains the early year teacher status outcomes of postgraduate early years ITT trainees by characteristics and the early year teacher status outcomes of undergraduate early years ITT trainees . The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2021/22.

  • Number of rows: 30
  • Indicators:
    • Total trainees
    • Total trainees percentage
    • EYITT graduate employment-based
  • Filters:
    • ITT Level
    • EYTS status
  • Time period: 2017/18 to 2021/22

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• ITT Performance Profiles 2021/22 Provider Tables

  These provider level tables contain the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes of postgraduate and undergraduate ITT trainees. Table 8 contains data on trainee characteristics by ITT provider and table 9 contains data on trainee qualified teacher status (QTS) and employment outcomes by ITT provider, subject phase and training route. The data in these tables cover 2017/18 to 2021/22 for qualified teacher status and 2017/18 to 2020/21 for employment outcomes.

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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 initial teacher trainees in England for the academic year 2021/22. The release also provides revised employment rates for trainees awarded qualified teacher status in 2020/21. It includes information on:

• training route and subject 
• trainee characteristics 

File formats and conventions

Suppression has been applied to the following personal characteristics: 
• Sex
• 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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