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This document describes the data included in the ‘Postgraduate initial teacher training targets’ Official Statistics release's underlying data files.
The publication itself should be referenced alongside this data, as it provides more detailed information on the methodology to produce the targets.
The data used in this publication covers postgraduate initial teacher training targets for England for the 2023/24 academic year, and provides the previous, 2022/23 and 2021/22 targets, to enable comparisons to be made between them.
Targets have been rounded to the nearest 5.
The need to suppress data is not applicable, nor does any data enable individuals to be accurately identified.
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Overall, and phase level PGITT targets for England.
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| difference_to_previous_year | Difference to previous year |
| pgitt_trainee_target | Postgraduate initial teacher training (PGITT) trainee target |
| subject | ITT subject |
PGITT targets for both phase and subject for England.
Differences to the previous year are also supplied within the datafile but values are only supplied for 2023/24, compared to the previous year, 2022/23.
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| overall_pgitt_trainee_target | Overall trainee target (PGITT) |
| primary_pgitt_trainee_target | Primary trainee target (PGITT) |
| secondary_pgitt_trainee_target | Secondary trainee target (PGITT) |