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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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
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- DfE Policy Advisor: Skills, Higher Education, Further Education
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