Teachers: Training
(asked on 22nd July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she made for planning purposes of the number of initial teacher training (ITT) places that would be offered by all ITT providers in (a) early years, (b) primary and (c) specialist subjects in 2014-15; and what estimate she has made of the number of people who will take up ITT places in those categories in that period.
We use the teacher supply model (TSM) to estimate the optimum number of teacher trainees required to start in any academic year. The TSM models trainees across the primary phase; it does not distinguish between early years, primary specialists and other individual primary courses. A technical description of the TSM is published online at:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model-a-technical-description
The number of places allocated is not a target and should not be regarded as one. This year, as we do every year, we have over-allocated initial teacher training (ITT) places above the number of required trainees estimated by the TSM. This helps us to ensure we train enough teachers, taking account of the likely level of recruitment in each subject.
We have published data showing the number of places allocated in each subject. This is published online at:
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2014-to-2015
UCAS has published recruitment information for the 2014/15 academic year by subject. This includes data on primary courses and is published online at:
www.ucas.com/data-analysis/ucas-teacher-training-statistical-releases
It is important to note that the UCAS Teacher Training scheme is new this year and it is not possible to make a direct comparison with recruitment data from previous years.
Recruitment figures from the 2013/14 ITT Census are published online at:
We will publish statistics from the census of 2014/15 trainees in November.