Academic year 2024/25

Postgraduate initial teacher training targets

Annual target for the number of trainees to start postgraduate initial teacher training in the relevant academic year, in England, by subject.

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1 updatefor Academic year 2024/25

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Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.

  • Secretary of State for Education 
  • Minister of State for School Standards 
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System 
  • Special Adviser to the Secretary of State
  • Permanent Secretary for Education 
  • Director General of Schools
  • Director: Teachers and Tutors (TaT)
  • Director, Teaching Workforce: Candidates, Trainees, Strategy, Portfolio and Analysis (CaTSPA)
    • Deputy Director, Teacher Training & Recruitment, 
    • Deputy Director, Strategy and Portfolio Division, 
    • Becoming a teacher policy design, Candidates and Trainees Directorate, 
    • Education Policy Designer, Becoming a Teacher
    • Head of Teaching Workforce Strategy Unit, 
    • Strategy Advisor, Teaching Workforce Directorate,  
    • Strategic Communications Lead
  • Head of Profession for Statistics 
  • Deputy Director, Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics 
  • DfE Special Advisor: Social Media and Digital Comms
  • DfE Special Advisor: Parliamentary and Communications 
  • DfE Special Advisor: Schools and Children & Families 
  • DfE Policy Advisor: Skills, Higher Education,  Further Education 
  • Deputy Director, Press Office
  • Chief Media Officer, Media Team
  • Senior Media Officer, Media Team
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